The Knoxville Optimist Club has recently decorated the Angel Tree at the Coffee Connection in an attempt to help families who can’t afford gifts during Christmas.

The club has asked residents to pick a stocking or two from the tree with a suggested gift idea on the stocking. People can then go purchase the items, gift wrap them and use the stocking as the gift tag by taping it to the outside of the present. The Optimist Club is asking residents who purchased gifts for the tree to return those gifts to The Coffee Connection by tomorrow so the Optimist Club can deliver the presents by December 19th. For more information contact the Knoxville Optimist Club or The Coffee Connection.