{"id":1283097,"date":"2023-12-16T16:51:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1283097"},"modified":"2023-12-19T04:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T10:09:56","slug":"salvation-army-distributes-gifts-to-tyler-angel-tree-families","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1283097","title":{"rendered":"Salvation Army distributes gifts to Tyler Angel Tree families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1283098\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/angeltree-175x153.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/angeltree-175x153.jpg 175w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/angeltree-200x175.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/angeltree.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 175px) 100vw, 175px\" \/>TYLER &#8212; The Salvation Army in Tyler is spreading Christmas cheer to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2023 Angel Tree families. According to our news partner KETK, Angel Tree recipients began showing up on Friday morning for their appointments to get their gifts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank God for the people that care enough to help people that are struggling,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Gwen Smith, a Salvation Army Angel Tree recipient. Smith picked up gifts for her four grandchildren. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Oh my goodness it just means the world to me, you know it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been very supportive for my family because I am struggling,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Smith. Thanks to donations from big corporations, small businesses and community members, the organization is helping 2,500 children and senior angels this holiday season. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153You know when people come up there to adopt an angel and you know there is even little kids that will come up adopt an angel,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Dyane Garner, a Salvation Army volunteer. Garner has been volunteering for about 20 years.<!--more--> \u00e2\u20ac\u0153There\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s people out there that are less fortunate than you are. You go in you help a little bit and it makes your Christmas so much better,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Garner. Garner said some of the families are just beyond overwhelmed by the distribution. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Because they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re thinking well, you know might child might not have nothing, but because of this organization, my child is going to have a Christmas,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Garner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The Salvation Army in Tyler is spreading Christmas cheer to this year\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2023 Angel Tree families. According to our news partner KETK, Angel Tree recipients began showing up on Friday morning for their appointments to get their gifts. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Thank God for the people that care enough to help people that are struggling,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1283097\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Salvation Army distributes gifts to Tyler Angel Tree families<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1283099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/angeltree-175x153.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Salvation Army distributes gifts to Tyler Angel Tree families","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1283097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-08 02:22:36","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2023\/12\/angeltree-175x153.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Salvation Army distributes gifts to Tyler Angel Tree families","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1283097"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1283165,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1283097\/revisions\/1283165"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1283099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1283097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1283097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1283097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}