Vol.24 No.25 - Angel Tree Enters Its Second Decade - Job Listings

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Angel Tree enters its second decade, highlighting a nationwide prison ministry that supplies Christmas gifts to children of incarcerated parents through volunteer participation. The article outlines how Prison Fellowship coordinates with prison authorities, churches, and volunteers to match children’s gift requests and deliver presents to their homes. It also discusses inmate families’ needs, year-round support opportunities, and presents editor contact details. A subsequent section provides specific job listings for corrections-related roles, including qualifications, duties, and application deadlines.

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Director, Claremont Custody Center, City of Coalinga, California

Administrator of Health Services—Corrections, Olympia, Washington

December 15,1993 Vol.24 No.25 Page 1 At Christmas: ANGEL TREE®ENTERS rTS SECOND ANGEL TREE®:Enters ItsSecond Decade………………………1 DECADE,REACHING RECORD NUMBER OF INMATES'CHILDREN JOB LISTINGS……………………………………………………………………………2 Gifts Given To 800,000 Children Of Incarcerated Parents In Last 5 Years GRANT CLARIFICATION………………………………………………………3 From the District of Columbia city streets to ENDING PAROLE: A Bad Idea……………………………………………3 the California coastline, more than 50,000 volun- teers from around the country will brighten the holidays of 350,000 children of inmates through GEORGIA:Exccutes Inmate…………………………………………………………4 Angel Tree. A ministry of Prison Fellowship, the popular Angel Tree is a program through which N.C.: Correction Enterprises Successful…………………………………5 volunteers purchase Christmas presents for prison- ers'children. ANGOLA:Louisiana State Pen Wins Accreditation……………7 Starting its second decade, Angel Tree began as the idea of Mary Kay Beard, a Prison Fellow- DEATH PENALTY: Supremes To Review Calif.Law………… ship director in Alabama, who was concerned about prisoners'forgotten families. Christmas was a happy one that year for the 560 children who CALIFORNIA: Grief Turns To Anger…………………………………8 received gifts from Alabama volunteers in the name of their incarcerated parent. Angel Tree is now a HELP WANTED: W.Va.Pen May Be Hiring………………………9 nationwide program providing gifts for more than 800,000 children in the last five years. INDIANA: County Wants To Charge Jail Inmates Ren……10 "Angel Tree is more than a present under the tree," claims Chuck Colson, Prison Fellowship “血。“血。学血。学“血。“血。直。学血。 chairman. "It opens the door for year-round minis- try. Many volunteers become involved in the livesof prisoners' families by sponsoring kids to attend HAPPY HOLIDAYS! summer camp, sending birthday cards, delivering groceries,or providing transportation for the child THE STAFF OF WASHINGTON to visit mom or dad in prison. Children of inmates CRIME NEWS SERVICES WISHES are more likely to land in prison than the general population. But Angel Tree provides a positive YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON experience and example,helping to reduce the ANDA PROSPEROUS AND likelihood of their following in their parents' foot- JOYFUL NEW YEAR steps." Each fall,Prison Fellowship worksthrough prison authorities to collect frominmates the names and addresses of their chil-dren.Prison Fellowship distributes thesenames to participating churches,and volunteerscontact the families for gift suggestions. A Christmas tree is decorated with paperangels,each one specifying a gift request of theprisoner's child,and the tree is placed in achurch,school or shopping mall.Volunteerschoose "angels"and purchase presents that aredelivered to the child's home.The gifts aregiven on behalf of the absent parent. "The children of prisoners are some ofthe saddest victims of crime in our society,"said Chuck Colson."They are separated fromone,and sometimes both,of their parents andfrequently placed in foster homes.With thisseparation and economic hardship,Christmascan be bleak.Angel Tree tries to open achild's heart to Christmas love and open avolunteer's heart to giving that love year-round." Prison Fellowship,founded by Chuck W.Colson in 1976,conducts discipleship and life-skill programs in more than 1,200 prisons,works for biblically-based reforms in the crimi-nal justice system,and assists prisoners'fami-lies,ex-prisoners and their families.In 1993Prison Feliowship launched Neighbors WhoCare,a ministry to assist crime victims.Inrecognition of his work,Colson received thisyear's Templeton Prize for Progress in Reli-gion. Editor's Note:For more informationabout these programs,please contact:SusanLee,Prison Fellowship,P.O.Box 17500,Washington,DC 20041-0500.Phone:703-478-0100,Ext.555.■ ## JOB LISTINGS Director,Claremont Custody Center,Cityof Coalinga,California.The direct

FAQs

Angel Tree provides gifts to whom and through what mechanism?

Angel Tree provides Christmas gifts to children of incarcerated parents. Volunteers purchase presents based on gift requests collected through prison authorities and distributed via participating churches.

What steps does Prison Fellowship take each fall to prepare gift giving?

Prison Fellowship works with prison authorities to collect children’s names and addresses, sends them to participating churches, and volunteers contact families for gift suggestions.

What information is included in the job listings section?

The job listings include role descriptions, reporting lines and duties, staffing context, qualification requirements, benefits and salary guidance, application instructions, and deadlines or contact details.

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