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Each Christmas, The Salvation Army symbolizes God's gift of Christ through its Christmas Angel Tree and Food Assistance programs, which benefit needy Alabama families in Jefferson, Shelby, and St. Clair counties.

To adopt an angel or join the corporate angel tree program, please call (205) 328-2420, ext. 223.

To volunteer, call (205) 328-2420, ext. 228. If you would like to host a toy drive or canned food drive, please call 205.328.2420, ext. 219.

HOW THE ANGEL TREE PROGRAM WORKS

Birmingham-area families register to receive Christmas help from The Salvation Army throughout October at the Birmingham 614 Corps Community Center on 8th Avenue North.

Paper "angels" will be placed on Salvation Army Angel Trees in local malls and businesses. Each "angel" lists the name of a needy local boy or girl, their shoe and clothing sizes, an important need, and a special Christmas wish. Members of the community select "angels" from the trees, shop for the children represented by the "angels", and return new, unwrapped gifts and toys to the Salvation Army Angel Trees by early December. Local churches, corporations, and organizations hold toy drives which also benefit the Angel Tree program.

In lieu of toys, The Salvation Army gives Christmas Food Assistance vouchers to needy local families with children older than ten years.

If your office, church or organization would like to adopt a group of angels, please call us about our Corporate Angel Tree Program.  For information on the Corporate Angel Tree Program, call Pat Lee at 328-2420, ext 223 or send her an email.

RED KETTLE CAMPAIGN

The Christmas season is also the time of The Salvation Army's largest fund-raising efforts in Birmingham. The Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign kicks off in mid-November. Bell ringers at some seventy-five kettle stands across Metropolitan Birmingham encourage holiday shoppers to drop spare change into The Salvation Army's trademark red bucket. The Christmas Kettle Campaign brings in funding for The Salvation Army's local year-round programs.

For more information, contact John Tidwell.