UMBC Club Sports, Recreation, and Athletics partnered with the Salvation Army's "Angel Tree" Program to provide 24 Baltimore County Angels (children) with gifts for the 2022 holiday season.

The following groups participated in this year's program: UMBC's 22-team club sports program, UMBC Recreation, the Retriever varsity baseball team, and UMBC Athletics' full-time staff.

The aforementioned first three groups each received one "angel," a child ranging in age from 1-year old to 12 years old, and the programs were responsible for procuring gifts for those children. The teams raised $2,000.00 in toys and clothes for those 24 angels.

This marks the fourth year that the Retrievers have supported the "Angel Tree" Program. All of the groups were thrilled to resume their participation, which last occurred in 2019.
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The Salvation Army's ":Angel Tree" program provides new clothing and toys for children of families in need through the support of donors like you. Found in local malls, companies, and churches, Angel Trees are decorated with numbered paper angel tags with the first name, age, and gender of a child in need of gifts. Contributors remove one or more tags from the tree and purchase appropriate gifts for the child or children described on the tags.

Once a child has been registered as an "Angel," The Salvation Army makes a promise to provide Christmas for that child. This promise includes a variety of gifts for each child. In order to accomplish this, The Salvation Army depends on the generosity of individual donors, corporations, and organizations. Last year, hundreds of companies, organizations, and individuals helped fulfill the gift requests of more than 6,000 local children who would otherwise have not had gifts at Christmas."

For additional information, please visit http://salvationarmyaustin.org/programs-that-help/angel-tree/