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 Every child has a story. For 1.5 million American children, that story is filled with the abandonment, loneliness, and shame that comes from having a mom or dad in prison. For many, it may also include following their parents down the same destructive road to incarceration.
For Angel from California, her story began with a deep anger toward her mother, who was serving her third stint in prison. Most days, she shut herself in her room, only to venture out to go to school, where she fought with other students, spat back at her teachers, and disregarded her assignments till she got F's on her report card.
But over the next few months, Angel Tree®, through a local church, provided a way for Angel to go to camp, where she heard about Jesus and made a decision to forgive her mom. Now the two are good friends, and Angel has found a second home in the church that reached out to her with Christ's love.
"Now that I'm going to church, God is with me more often. I can feel like I always really trust Him. He's just like a friend," Angel says.
If a story like Angel's could be re-written, any child's can.
At Angel Tree, we find ways to reach out to children like Angel: By sharing Christ's love with them at Christmas and by developing year-round relationships. In the end, it's so much more than giving Christmas gifts-it's about restoring families.
Will you help us re-write these stories from ones of desperation to ones of hope?
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