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Prison can be just as tough for those left at home. Loneliness, social rejection, and financial strains can weigh you down and make you feel like you're the one serving the time. We want you to know you don't have to face this time alone. Here are a few places to turn:
- Angel Tree: Prison Fellowship's Angel Tree ministry serves the children of prisoners by giving them gifts on behalf of their incarcerated parents and by surrounding them all year long with a loving community.
Here's how it begins: In early fall, incarcerated dads and moms can sign up to have church volunteers deliver gifts to their children at Christmas (volunteers contact the at-home parent or caregiver to make sure that's okay). The Christmas gifts are presented as being from the mom or dad in prison-assuring the children that they haven't been forgotten! The parent in prison is the one who has to sign the children up, so if you'd like your kids to receive gifts delivered by caring volunteers, encourage your incarcerated loved one to contact their prison chaplain about Angel Tree.
For more information on Angel Tree, click here or contact our National Angel Tree Support Center at 1-800-251-7411.
- Prisoner Pen Pals: You could be a much-needed source of encouragement and friendship to a lonely prisoner. Visit Prison in an Envelope is a simple guide that explains how to be matched with a prisoner pen pal, how to write letters of encouragement and discipleship, and how to trouble-shoot typical problems that may arise.
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