As Christmas draws near and families pile presents under the tree, thousands of foster children across Washington face a different reality.

Treehouse, the state’s leading foster care education organization, is working to ensure kids don’t miss out on Christmas morning joy.

“The holidays are a really special time for us,” Treehouse CEO Dawn Rains told “Seattle’s Morning News” on KIRO Newsradio. “We feel this is such a critical time to help young people experience that sense of normalcy.”

“If you could imagine what it would be like on Christmas morning, a young person wakes up, and there are no gifts under the tree for them. You can imagine how that feels. And then how it continues to feel when you go back to school, and everyone’s talking about what they got for Christmas. So holiday m

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