Angel Project to Take Applications

The Cherokee Nation will soon begin taking applications for the tribe’s Angel Project.

The program allows the public to purchase and donate clothing, toys and other gifts for Cherokee children who live within the 14-county tribal jurisdiction and who may not otherwise receive gifts during the holiday season. Applications will be accepted Oct. 18-Nov. 3.

In Sallisaw applications will be taken on Oct. 27 at the Sequoyah Building, 100 E. Choctaw Ave.

More than 1,700 children received holiday gifts through the program last year.

To qualify for the program, children must be 16 years of age or younger. Applicants must provide proof of income for all household members over the age of 18. For example, a family of three must not exceed $2,100 in household income per month, and a family of four must not exceed $2,531 per month.

Applicants must also provide proof of residency and each child’s Cherokee Nation citizenship card and clothing and shoe size. For more information, please email angel-project@cherokee.org.

Applications must be filled out at the following locations from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during the following days:

Oct. 18-20

Catoosa – Indian Child Welfare Office, 750 S. Cherokee St., Suite O

Tahlequah – Indian Child Welfare Office, 201 S. Muskogee Ave.

Oct. 24

Ochelata – Cooweescoowee Health Center, 395200 W. 2900 Road

Westville – Westville Public Library, 116 N. Williams

Oct. 25

Catoosa – Indian Child Welfare Office, 750 S. Cherokee St., Suite O

Oct. 25-26

Jay – Human Services Office, 1501 Industrial Park

Stilwell – Indian Child Welfare Office, 401 S. 2nd

Oct. 26

Collinsville – Collinsville Public Library, 1223 Main

Muskogee – Three Rivers Health Center, 1001 S. 41st St. East

Nowata – Will Rogers Health Center, 1020 Lenape Drive

Oct. 27

Bartlesville – Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation, 1003 S. Virginia

Catoosa – Indian Child Welfare Office, 750 S. Cherokee St., Suite O

Sallisaw – Sequoyah Building, 100 E. Choctaw Ave.

Oct. 28

Pryor – Cherokee Heights, 133 Cherokee Heights

Vinita – Vinita Health Center, 27371 S. 4410 Road

Oct. 31-Nov. 3

Tahlequah – Cherokee Nation Behavioral Health (former Bill Willis Skill Center) 1277 Skill Center Circle

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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