Help Kids at Towne Centre's Hero Tree

Help needy families while doing your holiday shopping this year.

Mount Pleasant Towne Centre is sponsoring “Be a Hero This Holiday Season.” Participating merchants will offer “Wish Cards” for customers to help underprivileged children this holiday season.

East Cooper Community Outreach will be the recipient of the gifts to distribute to needy families in the East Cooper area.

Cards are available at participating merchants including , , , , Teal, the Towne Centre management office, and on a tree next to Santa in front of .

White House|Black Market will offer a 10 percent discount to those individuals taking a card in their store.

ECCO has taken requests from select underprivileged children in the East Cooper community. Requests include toys, games and clothing items.

Customers can choose cards from the trees in any of the participating stores, purchase the gift listed on the card, deliver the gift, unwrapped, to the Towne Centre management office located at 1600 Palmetto Grande Drive (next to Palmetto Moon), Mount Pleasant, SC 29464.

All gifts must be delivered on or before December 20, 2011, for timely distribution. For more information contact the Mount Pleasant Towne Centre management office at 216-9900 or East Cooper Community Outreach at 849-0943.