About Us

In 1991, Project Angel, Inc. recognized that in the Melrose and Gun Hill sections of the
Bronx, nearly 60% of all households were single parent homes. Of that 60%, nearly 40% had a parent who
was incarcerated. Project Angel, Inc. realized that in these homes that had an incarcerated parent,
there were children with no gifts from that parent at Christmas. It was this obvious need that caused
Project Angel, Inc. to begin to participate in the Angel Tree Program, thus enabling those families to
maintain essential family bonds and ties. Through this program, Project Angel, Inc. has been able to
give children a full and rewarding Christmas experience, as well as giving that incarcerated parent a sense
of involvement in their child's life.

Project Angel, Inc. also recognized in 1991, that many of those same children never experienced any life
outside of the Gun Hill community. The creation of Project Angel Summer Camp Program (7 to 14 days
during the summer) provides summer vacation for approximately 20 children, in an upstate New York camp
resort. The camp exposes children, who would otherwise not be able to afford to have a real summer
vacation with a rural experience, in a Christian atmosphere of learning, teaching, and fun.

In 1992, Project Angel, Inc. began to provide a prison ministry to inmates throughout the state
of New York, from Rikers Island prison to Woodbourne Correctional facility. Nearly 15% of the inmates
involved in the prison ministry have gone on to become prison ministry volunteers.

Finally, in 1996, Project Angel, Inc. began its youth program, which provides educational,
recreational, and spiritual guidance to the youth of the community. With an annual enrollment of 100
children, ages 5 to 15, Project Angel, Inc. has been a guiding light, and a beacon of hope to an
otherwise dark and desolate area of the Bronx.

The constituents of Project Angel, Inc. are the children of parents who are incarcerated, children
of low-income households in the Melrose and Gun Hill sections of the Bronx, and East New York Brooklyn,
and their caretakers. Project Angel, Inc. believes that charity begins at home. Yet Project Angel, Inc. has
been known to go wherever the need for their services exists.

Of nearly 40% of the single parent households in the Melrose and Gun Hill sections of the Bronx that
Project Angel, Inc. serves, 85% of the children involved in the program have not fallen victim to the
environment in which they live. This means that they have not been arrested, fallen victim to drug abuse,
have completed high school, and 30% have gone on to college education. Nearly 15% of all inmates
involved in the prison ministry have gone on to become Ministers throughout the city. The recidivism rate
of those inmates returning back to jail, or prison, involved in the Project Angel prison ministry is down.