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Angel Tree Toy Town

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Angel Tree Impact

Because of you, a child in our community will have gifts on Christmas morning. The Salvation Arm's Angel Tree Toy Town is one of our highest-profile Christmas efforts. It was started in 1979 by Majors Charles and Shirley White, when they worked with a shopping mall in Virginia to provide clothing and toys for chidren at Christmastime.

You can get involved by hosting an Angel Tree, a toy drive, buying gifts online, making a monetary gift, and volunteering!

Host a Toy Drive

To ensure we help more children ages 0-12 this Christmas, we invite you to host an Angel Tree or a Toy Drive with us. All of our toy collection programs are open to businesses, organizations, churches, groups, families and individuals. 

  • Christmas in July (July 1-31): Collect new toys, books, games, or gift cards.
  • Angel Tree Host (Oct.-Dec.): Receive generic gift wish tags children and collect the designated gifts for our distribution.
  • Toy Drive (anytime): Collect new toys, books, games, stuffed animals and gift cards for distribution.

To host a Christmas in July Toy Drive, please complete the interest form below, or contact Angel Tree Coordinator Lauren Shelton at lauren.shelton@usc.salvationarmy.org. 

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Walmart Online Wish List

You can also purchase gifts for Angels through our Walmart wishlist. Simply review the items available to purchase, select a gift, and our Angel Tree team will receive it and distribute it at Christmastime!

Walmart Wish List

Additional Ways to Support Angel Tree Toy Town

Donate: You can donate a new toy in-person at any of our area drop-off locations, or via our online wish lists, including via Amazon. You can also make a monetary donation and we will purchase the most needed toys for you.

Volunteer: To help us organize the toys and gifts, and distribute them to Angels and their families, we invite you to volunteer with us. Roles and opportunities are outlined below. Our 2026 schedule of opportunities is coming soon!

Public Donation Locations

We are proud to partner with a number of local companies that service as public drop-off locations for toy donations. See the list of 2026 drop-off locations for Christmas in July.

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Thank You to Our 2026 Participating Companies

  • Affton Community Center
  • ALDI O'Fallon Warehouse
  • Alltru Credit Union
  • Ameren Missouri
  • Bank of America
  • Burns & McDonnell
  • Cheer Athletics
  • Clayton Early Childhood Center
  • Crouther's Academy
  • Divisional Headquarters - The Salvation Army
  • Drug Enforcement Administration
  • Edward Jones
  • Enterprise Mobility
  • Gateway Corps
  • Grace Design Studios
  • Highroad School of Wright City
  • Hope Vineyard Church
  • Jost Chemical Company
  • Kids International
  • Maplewood Corps
  • Mays Maune McWard
  • National Weather Service
  • Olympia Gymnastics
  • P.F. Chang's Chesterfield
  • Patriot Credit Union
  • Principia School
  • Protective
  • Renaissance Financial
  • Rollercade Skate Center
  • Siemens
  • St. Louis Blues Group Sales
  • St. Louis Lighting Group
  • Sun River Village
  • Sunset Transportation
  • Synergy
  • Tapawingo National Golf Club
  • TeamSam
  • The American Legion - Fenton Memorial Post 400
  • Tower Tee
  • Ultimate Ninja

Thank You to Our 2026 Christmas in July Participants

  • Arlington Care & Learn
  • Bits and Pieces Quilt Guild – Quilt with heART
  • Chesterfield Athletic Club
  • Chris’ Pancake & Dining
  • Circle of Knowledge
  • Golterman & Sabo
  • IFPC
  • Patriot Credit Union
  • Scott Credit Union – Ballpark Village Branch
  • Sun River Village
  • The Little Gym Fenton
  • The Little STL
  • The Lumiere of Chesterfield
  • The Salvation Army - Midland Division Headquarters
  • The Salvation Army – Maplewood Corps Community Center
  • Tower Tee
  • Ultimate Ninjas Chesterfield
  • Van’s Hallmark