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Angel Tree was founded in the s by Mary Kay Beard, a bank robber who, while imprisoned in Alabama, noticed how inmates would sometimes give their kids toothpaste, soaps or socks for Christmas. The program works with prison chaplains to reach inmates interested in sending gifts to their children. After collecting information on their preferred toys, they send this wish list to thousands of churches that collect donated gifts.
Some churches organize Christmas parties where volunteers deliver gifts to children with personalized notes from their incarcerated parents. I miss you. The program can be crucial for parents, said Johnna Hose, who has volunteered for Angel Tree since her release from prison in Jessica Lopez-Hermantin recalls wondering whether she would ever speak to her father again after he went to prison. But the year-old says the presents should be part of a larger effort by incarcerated parents to have a relationship with their children.
The Salvation Army also has a program that sends Christmas gifts to children on behalf of their incarcerated parents in Minnesota and North Dakota. As campers play together and explore creation, they try new activities, build community, develop physical, social, psychological, and spiritual skills, and make memories to last a lifetime.
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