The Giving Tree, which shut down in 2012 amid plummeting public support, was the subject of a 2009 Star investigation that found myriad violations of local and state rules, as well as widely ...

Tucked in the corner of festival grounds, the massive willow allows the Forest Family to promote love by leaving gifts that may brighten someone’s day.

The love and care that foster parents provide has been celebrated at the 'Rooted in Reading' tree in the town centre.

'The Giving Tree' is a nonprofit dedicated to fostering charity work in youth in the place where they learn the most.

“The Giving Tree, a contemporary version of the Giving Tree that will be kind of a central sculpture in the garden and from which the overhead trellis lighting will emanate,” Barnett said.