The main Salvation Army Angel Tree website offers online applications for some areas. You can enter your zip code to see if it's available. If not, you'll need to go through your local organization, which may offer either in-person or online sign-up.
Angel Tree is a holiday assistance program in which an individual or group sponsors a child “Angel” and purchases new toys, clothing, shoes, or gift cards for children ages 0-12. Every Christmas there are children who do not receive gifts because their families cannot afford the expense.
“The children that weren't taken off the tree, they won't get nothing, but it'll be more labor-intensive, and it might not be as much as if the tag were taken.”
The Salvation Army's Angel Tree program goes back decades, but through the years, its purpose has remained the same: to share the joy of Christmas with struggling families.
Angel Tree is a holiday assistance program in which an individual or group sponsors a child “Angel” and purchases new toys, clothing, shoes, or gift cards for children ages 0-12. Every Christmas there are children who do not receive gifts because their families cannot afford the expense.
Nicknamed the "Bayou City", "Space City", "H-Town", and "the 713", Houston has become a global city, with strengths in culture, medicine, and research.
"I'm fixin' to go." This means that you're about to go somewhere. It's a Southern colloquialism that's often used in Houston. "What's the haps?" This is a way of asking "what's up?" or "what's going on?" It's a slang term that's often used in Houston. "I'm bout it." This means that you're down for something.
Houston received the official nickname of "Space City" in 1967 because it is home to NASA's Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center. NASA's center in Houston has its origins in legislation shepherded to enactment in 1958 by then-U.S. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson, who was from Texas.
Fret not, this guide delves into the most popular of Houston's monikers and peels back the layers to reveal the stories behind them. Bayou City. This nickname is fully steeped in the city's geography. Space City. H-Town. Energy Capital of the World. City of Syrup. Clutch City. Screwston.
Houston received its official nickname of "Space City" in 1967 because it is home to NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center. NASA's center in Houston has its origins in the Space Task Group which directed its first crewed spaceflight program, Project Mercury.