Buying gifts for prisoner's children

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Would you participate in a program that buys gifts for children of prisoners, so that they can have a better Christmas? There is a program at our church where a congregation member can pick a name of a child whose parent is in prison, and buy that child an article of clothing and a toy, so that they can have a better Christmas. Even though I participate in this, my husband is totally against it. He can not believe that we would buy presents for these children, whose parent or parents had the same chances as everyone else to make a good life for themselves, but instead chose the life that led them to prison. What do you think?