The greater Peoria region supports a number of charitable things: big projects like the addition to the Peoria Zoo, and the new OSF Saint Francis Medical Center. There are also other charitable giving options that run year around including a number of assistance programs and even public radio and TV.  But at this time of year, in spite of a boggy economy, ‘giving’ takes on a whole new element.  Peoria Public Radio’s Tanya Koonce explores giving and receiving in one of the largest holiday programs in the greater Peoria area: