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Angel Tree Christmas

UNWRAPPING THE GIFT OF CONNECTION

Every year, Angel Tree Christmas brings children and their incarcerated mom or dad together on Christmas, one gift at a time.


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Deliver a Gift, the Gospel, and Love

Angel Tree Christmas™ equips churches and other organizations to restore and strengthen relationships between incarcerated parents and their children and families. Every Christmas, Angel Tree mobilizes local churches and organizations to minister to hundreds of thousands of children by delivering a gift, the Gospel message, and a personal message of love on behalf of their mom or dad behind bars. In addition, many of our partner churches meet the physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of prisoners’ families by enfolding them in the day-to-day life of the church, helping children attend summer camp, and facilitating mentorship.

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HOW ANGEL TREE WORKS

TRADITIONAL ANGEL TREE

  • Beginning as early as October, the Angel Tree coordinator for the church, group, or organization will receive the names of Angel Tree children who were signed up by their mom or dad in prison.
  • The Angel Tree coordinator and other volunteers will contact each child’s caregiver to confirm permission for the child to participate and to discuss appropriate gifts.
  • The ministry partner will set up an Angel Tree display with Angel Tree name tags for all the children, showing their ages and suggested gift ideas. Volunteers will hear about the Angel Tree program through their Sunday bulletins, announcements, word of mouth, newsletters, etc. They will visit the Angel Tree display and select names of children who are signed up to receive Christmas gifts.
  • Before Christmas, volunteers will work together to purchase, wrap, and deliver a gift for each child on behalf of his or her incarcerated parent—and in the process, share the Gospel.
 

VIRTUAL ANGEL TREE®

  • Prison Fellowship® is committed to the health and well-being of Angel Tree volunteers like you and the families we serve. As Christmas approaches, our team has been preparing for scenarios where churches/organizations may be closed, or other restrictions may be in place due to COVID-19.
  • Virtual Angel Tree is a new, effective, and optional way for you to facilitate your Angel Tree program. There is no contact necessary. Angel Tags are provided virtually for all volunteers to sponsor.
  • Individuals will pay online to sponsor each gift package, and Prison Fellowship will send sponsored gifts directly to Angel Tree kids. Each gift package will include a gift card, a personal message from the parent, an age-appropriate Gospel presentation, and an opportunity to request a Bible.
  • If requested, caregiver contact information will be provided postseason to church/organization for continued ministry opportunities.
 

WAYS TO SUPPORT ANGEL TREE CHRISTMAS

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One in 49 children in the U.S. has a parent behind bars. You can help children know they are treasured and loved.


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Sign up your church, small group, or organization to make a difference in the lives of prisoners’ families by coordinating gift deliveries and more.


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SHARE ON SOCIAL

Our carefully curated Angel Tree Christmas Toolkit includes everything you need to share the Angel Tree Christmas message on social media.


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ABOUT ANGEL TREE® CHRISTMAS

 

The choices that lead to a prison sentence, as well as the distance created by incarceration, can strain a prisoner’s family ties to the breaking point. At Christmas, the emotional pain of a loved one’s incarceration grows even more intense; the distance is felt by children and parents alike.

 

Angel Tree Christmas gives incarcerated parents a way to provide a Christmas gift and a personal message, delivered by caring, local volunteers, as a tangible representation of their love. Every Angel Tree family is also given access to a free, easy-to-read copy of the Bible. And the church, which embodies the hope and grace of the Gospel to prisoners’ families, may continue to minister to the family all throughout the year.

 

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CHRISTMAS STORIES


MEET TATIANNA

MEET KEVIN

MEET JAMIE

MEET JOE

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Left in her grandmother's care, Tatianna would pray at Christmas and New Year's, I just want my mama here. Then Angel Tree brought them closer to each other and to God, and Tatianna’s feelings of abandonment melted away.

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Grief colored Kevin's childhood. But in the darkness, two reliable sources of light shone in Kevin's life: his adoptive mother Mayra and Angel Tree. Today, 25-year-old Kevin is extremely grateful for Mayra, Angel Tree, and the life he's been given.

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Jamie stood gaping by the open car trunk as volunteers handed gifts to him his brother. Clutching those presents was the closest thing to wrapping their arms around his dad. Angel Tree brought a miracle to his family’s empty living room.

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After causing a deadly car wreck, Joe went to prison and left two young daughters behind. Angel Tree helped set his family on a new path. Now, he is the director of Angel Tree Sports Clinic, bringing hope to thousands of prisoners’ kids each year.

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