About the
Redding Angel Tree

Making a difference in your community…

The Salvation Army Angel Tree program has been a part of Shasta County for over 40 years.

Over 600 families received gifts for their children through the generosity of Shasta County last year.

Angel Trees can be located at Walmart, Mount Shasta Mall and multiple banks and restaurants in Redding.

The Salvation Army volunteers serve over 15000 hours during preparation and distribution of Angel Tree gifts.


	Last year, over 1600 children in Shasta County woke up to presents under the tree because of kind and giving donors in our community. Help us continue the joy!

How Angel Tree Works

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Families may apply online for the Angel Tree Program. We also receive referrals from agencies and schools. Families must live in Shasta County to participate.

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We obtain the name of each qualifying child in the family and a list of desired Christmas gifts and verify that the family is not receiving duplicate services from another agency.

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Angel tags are printed for each individual and placed on Salvation Army Angel Trees at Mount Shasta Mall, Walmart and other local restaurants, banks and businesses in Redding.

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Generous Donors select Angels, purchase gifts, and return them to the Angel Tree by the given deadline on each tag.

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Upon their return, the gifts are taken to a Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center for pickup by the Angel families.

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During the seven days prior to Christmas Eve, families pick up their gifts.

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Angel tags are printed for each individual and placed on Salvation Army Angel Trees at Mount Shasta Mall, Walmart and other local restaurants, banks and businesses in Redding.

4

Generous Donors select Angels, purchase gifts, and return them to the Angel Tree by the given deadline on each tag.

5

Upon their return, the gifts are taken to a Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center for pickup by the Angel families.

6

During the seven days prior to Christmas Eve, families pick up their gifts.

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Upon their return, the gifts are taken to a Salvation Army Christmas Distribution Center for pickup by the Angel families.

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During the seven days prior to Christmas Eve, families pick up their gifts.

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.