Christmas is less than 100 days away.<\/p>\n
And the Salvation Army of St. Petersburg is gearing up for its 2026 Angel Tree Program in Southern Pinellas County.<\/p>\n
The program helps provide Christmas gifts for children around the country each year with the help of the community.<\/p>\n
Registration for local families with children ages 0\u201312 will take place next week at The Salvation Army Citadel Corps in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n
Here’s what to know about the process.<\/p>\n
What are the dates and times for the 2026 Angel Tree Program registration?<\/p>\n
Families with children ages 0-12 can register from Oct. 12-16.<\/p>\n
Residents can stop in from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday during registration week.<\/p>\n
However, registration on Thursday, Oct. 15 will be from 1 p.m.-7 p.m.<\/p>\n
What documents should residents bring for the 2026 Angel Tree Program registration?<\/p>\n
Applicant ID, proof of residency (Examples: electric bill, phone bill, water bill)<\/p>\n
Birth certificate for every child (Ages 12 and younger)<\/p>\n
Proof of all income (Examples: pay stubs, benefits, child support, SNAP\/TANF)<\/p>\n
Proof of expenses (Examples: rent\/mortgage, car insurance, car Payments, childcare)<\/p>\n
What happens after the 2026 Angel Tree Program registration?<\/p>\n
The application will go through a confidential screening process.<\/p>\n
Once registered, each child becomes a community “Angel” with their information displayed on trees throughout St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n
Individuals, families, businesses, churches and organizations then “adopt” these angels to fulfill wish lists.<\/p>\n
Where is the Salvation Army of St. Petersburg located?<\/p>\n
The Salvation Army Citadel Corps is located at 3800 9th Avenue N., St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christmas is less than 100 days away. And the Salvation Army of St. Petersburg is gearing up for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[163884,163883,17453,202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-413630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-angel-tree-program","tag-program-registration","tag-salvation-army","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413630","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=413630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}