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Gifts for Kids Angel Tree
WBRC FOX6 News is proud to once again partner with the Salvation Army for our annual "Gifts for Kids Angel Tree" program.
The “Gifts for Kids Angel Tree” program is a way for people to donate Christmas gifts to foster children and children in need during the holiday season. You can purchase gifts or make a financial donation to The Salvation Army. Your donation will be used to buy clothing and toys for children on their Angel Tree list.
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How You Can Help
There are several ways you can help:
1. In-person: Adopt an Angel from the Angel Tree at The Outlet Shops of Grand River or The Riverchase Galleria from November 11 through December 5, 2022. You may drop off your gifts at the tent in the atrium next to the food court at The Outlet Shops of Grand River or in the food court at The Riverchase Galleria.
2. Online: Adopt Angels online by clicking here.
3. Stuff the Bus: If you wish to drop off a new, unwrapped gift for any child, you can do so at the following Chick-fil-A locations:
- 11/14-11/15 Chick-fil-A Stuff the Bus Wildwood Centre 211 Lakeshore Parkway Homewood, AL 35209
- 11/16-11/17 Chick-fil-A Stuff the Bus Helena 2431 Helena Road Helena, AL 35080
- 11/18-11/19 Chick-fil-A Stuff the Bus Gardendale 385 Fieldstown Road Gardendale, AL 35071
- 11/21-11/22 Chick-fil-A Greystone 5375 Highway 280 Birmingham, AL 35242
- 11/28-11/29 Chick-fil-A Hoover Commons 1609 Montgomery Hwy Hoover, AL 35216
- 11/30-12/1 Chick-fil-A Eastwood Village 1648 Montclair Road Birmingham, AL 35210
4. Walmart Registry for Good: Participate in the WBRC FOX6 Gifts for Kids Salvation Army Angel Tree from the comfort of your home or office, and shop the Walmart Registry for Good. Just follow the link to choose gifts and toys, and have your purchases shipped directly to The Center of Hope, just in time for Christmas.
Thank you in advance for making this a Merry Christmas for so many children!
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The History of WBRC FOX6 News Gifts for Kids
In 1998, WBRC teamed up with the Department of Human Resources to help collect toys for foster children in Jefferson County. Since then, the WBRC FOX6 News Gifts for Kids program has expanded to include several counties in and around Birmingham., providing toys to tens of thousands foster children in the Birmingham metro area.
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The History of The Salvation Army Angel Tree
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 1998, WBRC teamed up with the Department of Human Resources to help collect toys for foster children in Jefferson County. In 2007, WBRC partnered with The Salvation Army and the WBRC FOX 6 Gifts For Kids Salvation Army Angel Tree program was created. 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 thousands of children each year.
