{"id":46367,"date":"2025-11-14T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46367\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T11:22:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T11:22:12","slug":"news-6-salvation-army-kick-off-angel-tree-program-to-bring-joy-to-families-in-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/46367\/","title":{"rendered":"News 6, Salvation Army kick off Angel Tree program to bring joy to families in Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 News 6 is kicking off the annual Salvation Army Angel Tree program to get results for families across Central Florida. It\u2019s a campaign that lasts about four weeks and the results are nothing short of a Christmas miracle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In 2024, 6,000 kids and senior citizens in Central Florida had something special to open all thanks to the generosity of News 6 viewers and community partners. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">From kick-off day in mid-November at the Mall at Millenia, people across Central Florida can adopt the perfect angel from trees at the Mall at Millenia, Chick-Fil-A restaurants and online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/features\/2025\/11\/12\/angel-tree-2025-how-to-help-children-seniors-in-central-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/features\/2025\/11\/12\/angel-tree-2025-how-to-help-children-seniors-in-central-florida\/\">Angel Tree 2025: How to help children, seniors in Central Florida<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Each angel\u2019s name, age and clothing size are all listed on their wish list tag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter what\u2019s in that bag, I know its gonna put a smile on my son\u2019s face,\u201d said one 2024 Angel Tree recipient. \u201cI know he\u2019s going to see the effort, he\u2019s gonna know that I came through for him this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">All the gifts are purchased, packed and delivered to the Salvation Army\u2019s so-called Joy Center for distribution day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">It\u2019s a day News 6 looks forward to every year as we watch hundreds of bicycles roll in and roll out. There are stuffed stockings and bags full of gifts. We met one mom last year who was battling brain cancer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cWhat I teach all my kids is that Christmas is not about receiving gifts, just be thankful that you are able to see Christmas,\u201d she told us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Dozens of volunteer elves make their list and check it twice giving countless hours to match the right gifts with the right angel before they head out to their new home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">\u201cYou know its the season of giving and I said \u2018let me find something to do and give my time,\u2019\u201d said one Salvation Army volunteer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">For more information on this year\u2019s Angel Tree program, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/11\/new-salvation-army-majors-ready-to-kick-off-angel-tree-this-week-for-orange-osceola-counties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2025\/11\/11\/new-salvation-army-majors-ready-to-kick-off-angel-tree-this-week-for-orange-osceola-counties\/\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[WATCH BELOW: New Salvation Army leaders prepare for Angel Tree program in Orange, Osceola counties]<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 News 6 is kicking off the annual Salvation Army Angel Tree program to get results&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46368,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[29012,28,30,29,30314,1186,17078,17453],"class_list":{"0":"post-46367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-angel-tree","9":"tag-florida","10":"tag-florida-headlines","11":"tag-florida-news","12":"tag-getting-results","13":"tag-holidays","14":"tag-news-6","15":"tag-salvation-army"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46367","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=46367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}