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christmas opportunities

Thousands of families in the Greater Augusta Area struggle to provide Christmas gifts and toys to their children. The Salvation Army, working collaboratively with our community, provides these families with a wonderful Christmas. We invite you to join us in continuing this tradition.

angel tree

Along with the familiar Red Kettles, the Angel Tree program is one of The Salvation Army’s highest-profile Christmas efforts. Angel Tree was created by The Salvation Army in 1979 by Majors Charles and Shirley White when they worked with a Lynchburg, Virginia shopping mall to provide clothing and toys for children at Christmas.

The program got its name because the Whites identified the wishes of local children by writing their gift needs on Hallmark greeting cards that featured pictures of angels. They placed the cards on a Christmas tree at the mall to allow shoppers to select children to help. Thanks to the Whites, who were assigned by The Army to the Lynchburg area at the time, more than 700 children had a brighter Christmas that first year.

Three years later, when the Whites were transferred to Nashville, Tennessee, Angel Tree was launched during the 1982 Christmas season. WSM radio, which airs the Grand Ol’ Opry, came on board that year as the first Angel Tree co-sponsor in the U.S. Because of the on-air promotion on WSM in Nashville, as well as national publicity on CNN and the Larry King Show, news of Angel Tree spread across the country like wildfire.

How to Adopt An Angel:

1. Adopt an angel at the following locations:

  • All local Walmarts
  • Augusta Mall: 3450 Wrightsboro Rd, Augusta, GA 30909

2. Shop for your angel by visiting our Walmart Registry.

3. Return your new, unwrapped gifts along with your Angel Tag or Angel Code to the Kroc Center by November 30th.

be a bell ringer

The Salvation Army is widely known for its outreach during the Christmas season. Since 1891, our iconic red kettles have been a familiar Salvation Army tradition. Money raised through these kettles provides much-needed funding for The Salvation Army’s free programs throughout the year, and we depend on local volunteers to ring bells at various kettle locations to encourage these donations.

Kettle Season begins with the Christmas Kick-Off Event in early November and ends on Christmas Eve. Volunteers are needed Monday- Saturday in a variety of locations throughout the Greater Augusta Area. Individuals, churches, schools, businesses, and other organizations can sign up to ring for shifts, whole days, or for an entire season.

There are many ways to make this an exciting event for your team: bring posters, decorate Christmas hats or sweaters, sing carols or bring your instruments to get holiday shoppers in the Christmas Spirit. Get creative! We’ll provide all of your supplies and drop them off at your location for your shift!

To sign up as a Volunteer Bell Ringer, click HERE.

For more information call Derek Dugan, Salvation Army Development Director, at (706)-922-8369 or email derek.dugan@uss.salvationarmy.org.

christmas warehouse

As Christmas nears, food, toys, and stockings fill The Salvation Army Christmas Warehouse to be distributed to thousands of local families in need. Volunteers play an integral part in sorting, organizing, bagging, and distributing these gifts.

To sign up as a Volunteer Bell Ringer, click HERE.