BEAUMONT, Texas — If you live in Jefferson or Hardin County and need of help providing holiday gifts for your children or seniors in your family you've got until this Friday to apply for help from the Salvation Army.
The deadline to apply for assistance from the Salvation Army Angel Tree program is Friday, November, 3, 2023, according to Major Ken Fagan of the Beaumont chapter of The Salvation Army.
Children from one to 12-years-old and seniors over 65 are eligible.
Pre-registration for the program, which is limited to the first 300 families that apply, began on Oct. 9, 2023.
Families can register online using the code BEREG23.
Each family will be given an ID code and a verification appointment after completing the online application.
Registering does not guarantee that a family has been approved as applications are approved after they have been verified.
There will also be a drive-thru verification available at The Salvation Army in Beaumont at 2350 IH-10 East on Wednesday, Nov. 1 and Thursday and Friday, Nov. 1 & 2, 2023.
Drive-thru verification is available on Wednesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and Thursday and Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Here's what you'll need to bring for your verification appointment...
All documentation is required at the time of verification and no exceptions will be made.
- Valid Photo ID of Head of Household (driver's license, state ID, or Matricula)
- Proof of Residence
- Current utility bill with an address dated between July and September 2023
- Proof of ALL income in the household
- Including food stamps, child support, SSI or SSD, etc.
- Proof of Medicaid and TANF (if applicable)
- Birth Certificates for all children under 12
- Proof of residency
- lease agreement, property taxes or rent receipt
- Lease must be current and list all individuals, children and adults.
- Proof (school records) that children are enrolled in Jefferson or Hardin County schools
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