Shenandoah Baptist Church's Camp Eagle welcomes Angel Tree campers this year for the first time.
By Jim Forbes
August 15, 2017
Angel Tree | Angel Tree Camping | Virginia"I was first introduced to the juvenile justice system when I was 14 years old."
By Emily Harris Greene
March 17, 2017
Virginia | Youth Justice
By Emily Harris Greene
January 3, 2017
Angel Tree | James Browning | Prison Fellowship | Reentry | Southside Regional Jail | Virginia
For one family, Angel Tree is a treasured—but sometimes heartbreaking—holiday tradition.
As the holidays approach, most children’s thoughts turn to gifts. As an adult, I am of course thinking about this Advent season, and the birth of Jesus. In all honesty, though, my thoughts are also turn to having our grown children home with us, what activities I should plan, holiday baking traditions, meal planning, how much can we fit in the course of a week?
By Martha Ackerman
December 19, 2016
Angel Tree | Holy Trinity Church | McLean | roanoke | Straight Street | Virginia
For youth in Virginia’s juvenile justice system, incarceration has too often meant being held in large, overcrowded facilities far away from their families and support networks. This approach has led to high recidivism rates in the state, and a lack of hope for those stuck in a cycle of crime.
By Steve Rempe
August 24, 2016
Just Children Program | Legal Aid Justice Center | Richmond | Richmond Times-Dispatch | RISE for Youth | Terry McAuliffe | VirginiaA version of this post originally appeared on the West Belmont Place website, and is used here with permission.
Jim Heigl and Tanie Guy prepare to help bake 600 chocolate chip cookies that will be shared inside prison.
Executive Chef Chris Ferrier of the West Belmont Place Event Center in Leesburg, Virginia, opened his kitchen to volunteers from Prison Fellowship for the baking of 50 dozen chocolate chip cookies.
By Lori Stertz
May 4, 2016
Cookies | Leesburg | Virginia | Volunteers | West Belmont Place Event Center
Based just outside of Washington, D.C., in Alexandria, Virginia, Together We Bake is more than a typical bakery.
In addition to producing granola, cookies, and other baked goods for grocery stores and restaurants in the metro D.C. area, Together We Bake creates something much more lasting—second chances for women, many of whom are attempting to reenter the workforce after a period of incarceration.
By Steve Rempe
May 3, 2016
ServSafe | Stephanie Wright | Together We Bake | Tricia Sabatini | Virginia
For many family members of incarcerated men and women, the barriers to staying in contact with their loved ones behind bars can be tough to overcome. Separated by long distances and inflexible schedules, these families ultimately lose touch with each other, depriving prisoners of the support and encouragement needed to make a break from past behavior and to successfully endure the time spent in prison.
By Steve Rempe
March 16, 2016
DC | Kentucky | Marshall Project | Red Onion | Restorative Radio | Virginia | Wallens Ridge | Washington | WMMTA pair of recently released surveys reveal broad support for proposed criminal justice reforms in the state of Virginia.
On February 10, Prison Fellowship and the Charles Koch Institute released a report showing that justice reform is a top priority for more than one-third of Virginians, with 36 percent of respondents placing it in the top five most important issues to them.
By Steve Rempe
February 12, 2016
Juvenile Justice | Koch Foundation | RISE for Youth | VirginiaResults show Virginians support policies that improve public safety, reduce costs, and respect the human dignity of all individuals.
Lansdowne, Va and Arlington, Va. – As Virginians consider what is next for criminal justice reform, Prison Fellowship and the Charles Koch Institute today released the results of a public opinion survey on criminal justice.
By Prison Fellowship
February 10, 2016
Charles Koch Institute | Craig DeRoche | Criminal Justice Reforms | Vikrant Reddy | VirginiaThe following commentary originally appeared on the BreakPoint website.
When a man is sentenced to prison, he is not the only person in his family doing time. If we believe that fathers matter, it’s difficult to deny that his children are also serving a sentence of sorts.
By Eric Metaxas
March 3, 2015
Dancing | Girls for a Change | Restoration | Richmond | TED | VirginiaChristmas is only a few days away, and already we are hearing great stories telling how Angel Tree is transforming the lives of men and women behind bars and their families.
In James Island, South Carolina, Angel Tree volunteers at Harbor View Presbyterian Church have been providing gifts to the children of prisoners on behalf of their parents for many years.
By Steve Rempe
December 22, 2014
Angel Tree | Christmas | South Carolina | VirginiaLee Allen, author of the popular book The Special Guest: A Christmas Story, and his wife Donna Campbell Allen (the illustrator for The Special Guest) are sponsoring Angel Tree this Christmas season. The Allens‘ goal is to raise $100,000 through a promotion called the “12 Days Before Christmas: $100K Challenge.”
By Jason Bruce
December 11, 2014
Angel Tree | Christmas | Donna Campbell Allen | Lee Allen | Richmond | Special Guest | VirginiaA mom finds out that her son hasn’t been brushing his teeth at camp because he can’t find the toothpaste he packed. The mom runs to the store, buys the toothpaste, and tosses it in the mail. Problem solved. The cost of making sure her son keeps his pearly-whites clean?
By Elisabeth Boehm
November 4, 2014
Elisabeth Boehm | Florida | JPay | Third party Banking | Toothpaste | VirginiaSo many of the letters we get from prisoners start out the same: “I hope someone reads this …,” “I don’t have anyone left out there …,” or “I haven’t received a visit or a letter in years. I’m hoping you will help me know God …”
But the letter from Joe, a long-time prisoner in Virginia, was different.
By Jim Liske
February 14, 2014
From the CEO | Prison Fellowship | Valentines Day | Virginia
