About the
Lubbock, TX Angel Tree

The Salvation Army Angel Tree exists to struggling families w/gifts to give their children on Christmas Day.

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

Every kid 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 Lubbock (South Plains) tradition since 1979.

Angel Tree will serve over 1,500 children in the greater South Plains area this year.

Your company can adopt Angels on-site @ South Plains Mall, at many local businesses/churches, or online.

The Salvation Army Angel Tree volunteers devote thousands of hours of their time in Lubbock County each year.

Learn how The Salvation Army Angel Tree program and its donors help millions of children and their families in need celebrate Christmas every year.


	By giving to others, YOU can be “DOING THE MOST GOOD” in a local child's life and in a family's lifetime of holiday memories!

How Angel Tree Works

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Applicants go ONLINE to apply at The Salvation Army Angel Tree program. Apps are reviewed by a caseworker who verifies the family's financial needs using the National Poverty Guidelines for financial amounts.

2

We obtain the name of each child in the family and a list of suggested Christmas gifts. Verification is made to ensure that the family is not receiving duplicate services from another local agency.

3

After approval of an application; Angel tags are printed for each individual child and placed on Salvation Army Angel Trees at the mall and in local companies and organizations.

4

Generous donors select Angels, purchase gifts, attach the Angel Tag and/or code to each Angels bag and returns them to The Salvation Army by the given deadline listed.

5

Upon return, the unwrapped gifts are checked for child safety & suggested gifts, all items are placed in a large bag and prepared for pickup by the Angel families at their appointed day/times.

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During the last week before Christmas, families arrive at our ‘Joy Center’ to pick up their donated gifts. Where volunteers assist them with their items to their cars, with appreciations & tears greatly expressed.

3

After approval of an application; Angel tags are printed for each individual child and placed on Salvation Army Angel Trees at the mall and in local companies and organizations.

4

Generous donors select Angels, purchase gifts, attach the Angel Tag and/or code to each Angels bag and returns them to The Salvation Army by the given deadline listed.

5

Upon return, the unwrapped gifts are checked for child safety & suggested gifts, all items are placed in a large bag and prepared for pickup by the Angel families at their appointed day/times.

6

During the last week before Christmas, families arrive at our ‘Joy Center’ to pick up their donated gifts. Where volunteers assist them with their items to their cars, with appreciations & tears greatly expressed.

5

Upon return, the unwrapped gifts are checked for child safety & suggested gifts, all items are placed in a large bag and prepared for pickup by the Angel families at their appointed day/times.

6

During the last week before Christmas, families arrive at our ‘Joy Center’ to pick up their donated gifts. Where volunteers assist them with their items to their cars, with appreciations & tears greatly expressed.

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.

In the Lubbock “South Plains” area, the Angel Tree program includes adoption trees in our South Plains Mall and on-site at local area corporations, churches and organizations. However, we need more company adoptions. Interested parties should contact The Salvation Army of Lubbock at 806.765.9434 or email Jamie.clay@uss.salvationarmy.org. The local Lubbock community has fully supported the Angel Tree program, making it possible to help more than 1,000+ children each Christmas Season.