Restaurant founder and CEO Brandon Chrostowski hires men and women with a single prerequisite: they’ve been incarcerated.
"I had people promise me the moon, and as soon as they found out I had a felony, it was over."
Kellie seemed to have a perfect life but wasn't happy. She turned to drugs, only to one day look in the mirror and ask, "Who have I become?"
"To know that I was going to make it meant everything."
Roxanne went through a series of "firsts"—first boyfriend, first baby, and first time trying meth.
Weighed down by desperate choices and heavy hurts, Theresa was sinking. Only one thing could save her from drowning.
"I just wanted somebody to tell me that I had value, and tell me to stop sticking a needle in my arm."
As a former Angel Tree kid, Jason knew what it was like to grow up without a father.
Why would a child send his Christmas wish list to prison? Jason wanted just one thing for Christmas. Could his incarcerated father fulfill his wish? Part I of an Angel Tree story.
Dozens of children from Harlem and the Bronx piled off a bus in Central Park for an afternoon of ice skating with Angel Tree.
What a prisoner's daughter wants you to know about growing up with a father incarcerated: Forgiveness is not a one-time decision, and it's not easy.
Mom came home with a surprise one day, and Janise’s life changed forever.
What's the worst thing you've ever done? Imagine being known by that one mistake.
"Life really is like climbing a mountain. You don't get to the top without some scratches and some scars. I'm not at the top yet, but I'm on a new path."
OneLife Church in Springfield, Missouri, was still excited about Christmas months after it ended—all because of Angel Tree.
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