Your donation for the digital Angel Tree, will cover the need of a gift for one of the groups below. The gifts will be distributed by our team before Christmas, directed to where the need is the greatest of your chosen location.
This is how it works:
1. Go online or on your phone.
2. Choose how you want to donate either through MobilePay (DKK), Swish (SEK), bank transfer or PayPal by the 13th of December.
3. Choose an amount you want to donate.
4. Tag your gift donation with AT + the location you wish to support
5. Our team will purchase, wrap and distribute your gift before Christmas
You are welcome to make several donations.
Thank you for your generous gift to our local community this Christmas!
Copenhagen - ATCPH
Your digital gift will be distributed to our local homeless community, through a local nursing home and to refugee families and young adults:
Men and women going through homelessness
Your digital gift will be distributed through a local gathering point at a café in Copenhagen, to practical necessities such as hygiene products and things to keep warm.
Nursing home
For a celebration at a local nursing home, our team will wrap the gifts and hand them over to the staff before Christmas. Your donation will go to requested items such as hygiene products, warm socks, sweets etc.
Refugee families
A package for each family with gifts for the kids, some food and sweets for the whole family to give each family an opportunity to create a “hyggelig” evening together and remember the reason why we celebrate Christmas in Denmark. Will be distributed through our local street team and refugee fellowship.
Refugee young adults
Gifts to young adults who have come on their own to seek refuge, and to parents with kids, will be distributed through Mötesplats Otto in Malmö, Sweden.
Example donations and what your gift can cover:
50 DKK for a toothpaste and a toothbrush set
100 DKK Christmas sweets or hygiene items
150 DKK for warm socks, hat or a scarf
200 DKK or more for a meal for a family or a warm cardigan to a young adult
Malmö - ATMMX
Your digital gift will be distributed through our local homeless shelters in Malmö and Lund, through a care organisation connecting with people who have been through abuse/human trafficking and to refugee children and young adults:
Men and women going through homelessness
These shelters have planned for Christmas celebrations, but need our help with gifts. Your donation will go to practical necessities such as toothpaste, toothbrush, underwear, socks, hygiene products, etc.
Singles and families through a care organisation
The parent get to choose a gift for their children for Christmas. Utensils for a new home as well as necessities such as clothes. Your gift will also go to bless the singles that this local organisation reaches.
Refugee young adults
Gifts to young adults who have come on their own to seek refuge, and to parents with kids, will be distributed through Mötesplats Otto in Malmö, Sweden.
Example donations and what your gift can cover:
50 SEK for a toothpaste and a toothbrush set
100 SEK for a pair of warm socks, or underwear
150 SEK for clothes, or utensils for a new home, or a toy
200 SEK or more for a set with a warm hat and a scarf or a warm cardigan
Aarhus - ATAAR
Your digital gift will be distributed through our local Salvation Army:
Families in our local community
Families in our local community doing it tough that have reached out for help in order to be able to hand out Christmas gifts for their celebrations. Gifts will be distributed mainly to the parents in order for them to be able to give gifts to their kids this year. Ages of the gifts ranges from newborn babies to teenagers, and gifts will be bought based on the wishes of the parents and the kids.
Example donations and what your gift can cover:
50 DKK for a pacifier or stickers/small toys
100 DKK for a toy or school utensils
150 DKK for clothes or a book
200 DKK or more for a backpack or a train set or a family game
Aalborg - ATAAL
Your digital gift will be distributed through a local “crisis center”:
Single mom
A single mom who has fled a violent and dangerous home to help her build a new home. Such as selfcare products, clothes, houseware (such as bed sheets, kitchen utensils, furniture etc), things that she wants to give to her kids.
Baby (age 0-3)
Basic needs of a baby and to spread love and joy for the mom and the baby ex. pacifiers, toys, onesies.
Child (age 3-10)
Gifts that will make the children feel joy, safe and loved ex. toys, tickets for ex. zoo or fun-parks (COVID safe), things for their new room.
Teenager (age 10-18)
Items that will help them find peace and grow up with the best options ex. books, experiences with their mom (COVID safe), clothes, utensils for school.
Example donations and what your gift can cover:
50 DKK for a pacifier
100 DKK for a toy or school utensils
150 DKK for clothes
200 DKK or more for experiences or homeware
The heart of CityCare is to demonstrate the love of Christ to Denmark, Malmö, and beyond. We aim to do this by helping to create healthy families and safe inclusive communities by reducing vulnerabilities for different groups in our backyard empowering them to lead and influence in every sphere of life.
Christmas, and the Angel Tree is an opportunity to reach out and be a practical help to our community, no strings attached – just like Jesus loves and believes in us. Simply because we can.
The Angel Tree is our Christmas gift to our local communities, supporting families who are struggling at this time of the year, particularly those who have been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, The Angel Tree is going completely online to make it COVID safe for everyone. Donations will take place online.
Join us to help bring Christmas to everyone’s table by donating to beautiful food hampers, presents for parents to give their children on Christmas Day and hygiene items and necessities for our community who are going through homelessness, as well as blessing our elderly with gifts. Each location will get to help local groups in their community and our vision is greater than ever this year.
Thank you for your generosity!
Join the CityCare Team
Would you like to be a part of the team (packing and wrapping gifts, distributing tags, admin etc), host a tree at your workplace, or if you have any other ideas or questions? Please contact our team at [email protected]
