Welcome to the
North Texas Area Command Online Angel Tree

The Salvation Army Angel Tree program reaches millions of children every year.

If you have an opportunity to bring joy to somebody else's life…why wouldn't you?

Everyone should experience the excitement of receiving a present on Christmas, despite their circumstances.

Making a difference in your community…

The Salvation Army Angel Tree Program has been a tradition in North Texas since 1979.

Angel Tree serves tens of thousands of children in North Texas every year.

Angel Trees are on-site in shopping malls, corporations, churches and organizations.

Salvation Army Angel Tree volunteers devote millions of hours of their time each year.

Learn how The Salvation Army Angel Tree program and its donors help tens of thousands of parents and children in need celebrate Christmas.


	This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord's people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. 2 Corinthians 9:12

How Angel Tree Works

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Each year families register for the Angel Tree program online.

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We obtain the name of each child, senior, and special needs adults in the household and a list of desired Christmas gifts. Verification is made to ensure that the family meets threshold guidelines.

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Angel tags are printed for local companies' and organizations' Angel Tree campaigns. The public can adopt Angels through our online portal.

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Generous donors select Angels, purchase gifts, and return them to the location provided in their Angel information.

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Upon their return, the gifts are taken to a Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center to be readied for distribution.

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In the weeks before Christmas, families pick up their Angel gifts on their scheduled date and time.

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Angel tags are printed for local companies' and organizations' Angel Tree campaigns. The public can adopt Angels through our online portal.

4

Generous donors select Angels, purchase gifts, and return them to the location provided in their Angel information.

5

Upon their return, the gifts are taken to a Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center to be readied for distribution.

6

In the weeks before Christmas, families pick up their Angel gifts on their scheduled date and time.

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Upon their return, the gifts are taken to a Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center to be readied for distribution.

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In the weeks before Christmas, families pick up their Angel gifts on their scheduled date and time.

A History Of Community Involvement

Along with the familiar Red Kettles, the Angel Tree program is one of The Salvation Army's highest profile Christmas efforts. Angel Tree was created by The Salvation Army in 1979 by Majors Charles and Shirley White when they worked with a Lynchburg, Virginia shopping mall to provide clothing and toys for children at Christmas time.

The program got its name because the Whites identified the wishes of local children by writing their gift needs on Hallmark greeting cards that featured pictures of angels. They placed the cards on a Christmas tree at the mall to allow shoppers to select children to help. Thanks to the Whites, who were assigned by The Army to the Lynchburg area at the time, more than 700 children had a brighter Christmas that first year.

Three years later, when the Whites were transferred to Nashville, Tennessee, Angel Tree was launched in the Music City. WSM radio, which airs the Grand Ol' Opry, came on board that year as the first Angel Tree co-sponsor in the U.S.

Because of the on-air promotion on WSM in Nashville, as well as national publicity on CNN and the Larry King Show, news of Angel Tree spread across the country like wildfire.

The program includes Angel Trees in local shopping malls and on-site at area corporations, churches and organizations. The local communities have fully supported the Angel Tree program, making it possible to help numerous children and seniors each year.

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