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Be an Angel is a holiday charity program in Jacksonville, Florida, that brings holiday gifts to local children in foster and preventative care.

How It Works

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How to Get Involved

Choose how many children's wish lists you’d like to fulfill this year (minimum spend per wish list is $100).

Fill out the online form, and a team member from FSS will follow up to help you get started.

You’ll receive a list of items requested by the child(ren) you are sponsoring this holiday season.

Buy the requested items and drop them off—unwrapped!—at Hope's Closet (San Pablo location) by December 1.

If you are participating as a business, organization or team, you can assign a group coordinator to sponsor multiple children and organize a joint gift drive among your members. Contact us to learn more about best practices for running your own Be An Angel campaign.

FAQs

A: All gifts must delivered unwrapped, with the provided tag/label to our holiday headquarters by Dec. 1, 2026.

Please bring gifts to:
Hope’s Closet Thrift
14286 Beach Blvd. Ste 44
Jacksonville, Florida 32250

Instructions for drop-off days and times will be provided when you sponsor a child's wish list.

A: Yes! Family Support Services is 501(c)3 nonprofit. Each donor will receive an acknowledgement letter that donors are responsible for submitting with their taxes.

A: We have volunteer shifts November through December. Contact Rochelle.Lockett@fssnf.org for details!

A: To respectfully allow caregivers the opportunity to provide their own “holiday magic” and due to confidentiality, donors will not interact with the recipients of the gifts. Social workers will deliver the gifts in advance of Christmas Day to allow caregivers to incorporate the gifts into their traditions and schedule.

A: Yes! All donations will be used to cover needs for children in foster care. All monetary donations will be used to cover any gaps remaining in this year's program. By participating this year, you will automatically be notified to take part in Be An Angel early in the season next year!
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Make a gift and support Be an Angel 2026!

THANK YOU to the partners, sponsors and hundreds of individuals
who made Be an Angel 2025 a success!

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