Giving Urban Angels Wings

"Every time a bell rings, an angel gets its wings."

Each holiday season, angels around the Westend neighborhood are getting wings and taking flight—parents give time through volunteering and service to their community to earn Christmas gifts for their children as a part of UC-SA’s Urban Angels program. Behind each gift earned is a partner “bell ringer” who generously provides the gifts for the program. The 2010 Urban Angels brought together five organizations giving gifts for 27 families (95 children in all) who contributed over 500 volunteer hours to participate in the program. At the heart of Urban Angels lies a pathway to empowerment, hope, and health in the lives of its participants. With wings, parents and children can soar through the holiday season, not only with the toys on their wish list, but with a heightened sense of value of their time and themselves.

Can you be a bell ringer? We need partners--individuals, service groups, church groups, families--to sponsor Urban Angels by contributing and collecting gifts, and partnering with parents to wrap the gifts. Please contact us if you can assist in empowering our neighbors this holiday season.

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Hello everyone my name is Janet!

I am one of the new AmeriCorps member for Urban Connection and very excited to be part of this team! First week was great and I hope for many more great ones. It has only been a week that I have spent time with these kids and I can honestly say I enjoy coming everyday. Everyday is something new, being a group leader to these young kids is quite interesting and fun. I am looking forward to my time here at Urban Connection, helping my community, and influencing these kids in a positive way.

Until Next time! Bye!

-Janet

Hello my name is Valerie!

I am very excited to join the Urban Connection staff and look forward to hanging out with the kids and working hard for the organization. I love to play sports, do art projects, and learn new things everyday. I hope that I can teach the kids new things as well as learn new things from them. First week was great & ready for more :)

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My name is Shontele Thrower and this is my first year working with Urban Connection. I am very excited to have almost finished m first week with the kids here at UC and the staff members. I love helping out the community and workin with the youth and different diversities that I have enteracted with so far. I'm excited to see what the rest of this year will hold as I continue to serve the community and work at Urban Connection.