{"id":377,"date":"2025-10-13T20:07:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377\/"},"modified":"2025-10-13T20:07:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T20:07:06","slug":"salvation-army-opens-angel-tree-registration-in-broward-to-help-families-this-holiday-season-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/377\/","title":{"rendered":"Salvation Army opens Angel Tree registration in Broward to help families this holiday season &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The Salvation Army of Broward County has opened registration for its annual Angel Tree program, inviting families in need to sign up their children for holiday assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The long-running program provides new Christmas gifts for children up to 10 years old whose families are facing financial hardship, ensuring they have presents to open on Christmas morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Angel Tree program is our promise to the community that we will be there to help,\u201d said Major Juan Guadalupe, Area Commander for The Salvation Army of Broward County. \u201cEvery child deserves to experience the wonder of Christmas morning. For families navigating difficult times, we want to lift that burden and replace it with a message of hope. If you need assistance this holiday season, please know that you are welcome here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Families can register online at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saangeltree.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.saangeltree.org<\/a> through Oct. 31, or until the program reaches capacity. <\/p>\n<p>To qualify, applicants must provide a parent or guardian ID with a Broward County address, proof of income, a child\u2019s birth certificate or other approved documentation, and court documents for legal guardianship if applicable.<\/p>\n<p>The Angel Tree program is volunteer-driven, connecting donors with families identified through local social service agencies. <\/p>\n<p>Donors \u201cadopt\u201d children by selecting angel cards that include each child\u2019s wish list, purchasing toys specific to that child, and returning the gifts to The Salvation Army for distribution before Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, the Broward County Angel Tree program served 3,453 local children and distributed nearly 7,000 toys, thanks to community support.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; The Salvation Army of Broward County has opened registration for its annual Angel&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}