The Volunteer Center of Sacramento’s Adopt-A-Family Program provides food and gifts for local, low-income families during the holiday season. Without this program, these families may go without Christmas dinner and gifts for their children.

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Help Us Reach Our Goal This Year of Adopting 300 Families! 

As of 12/5/11

SPONSOR  In 2010, the Adopt-A-Family program adopted 222 families, unfortunately more than 300 families remained unassisted. Adopting a small family can cost as little as $125. Please grab your family, friends and co-workers and adopt – local families need your support. See 2011 Guidelines for more information.

BE ADOPTED To apply for the 2011 Adopt-A-Family program, please pick up an application between 10am-3pm Monday – Friday from  November 1 – December 1.

Applications must be picked up and dropped off once completed at The Volunteer Center of Sacramento, 1300 Ethan Way, Suite 600, Sacramento, CA 95825.

Applications cannot be completed over the phone or online.

To complete your application, you must provide copies of the following:

• Valid California drivers license or ID for parent/guardian
• Proof of income (including everything you receive: paycheck stubs, CalWorks, AFDC, EDD, SSI). Applicants with no proof of income will not be approved.
• Current utility bill or proof of where you reside.
• Birth certificate or social security card for each child.
• Letter from YOU – the parent/guardian – explaining why you need to be adopted this year.
• Dear Santa letters – one from each child.

Please make sure you bring photocopies of all this information with you. Photocopies cannot be made at the Volunteer Center or surrounding businesses.

DONATE  We always need extra gifts and wrapping supplies. When a child is accidentally overlooked, we have “emergency” gifts on hand to give them. Please help us stock our emergency gift closet of board games, dolls, toys, and clothing (all sizes). At this time of year we ask for new items only.

VOLUNTEER  If you have an extra couple of hours, we need you to help run the program. Volunteers are always needed to help with data entry, distributing/collecting program applications, reading and emailing “Dear Santa” letters, organizing and decorating the gift distribution center, loading and unloading presents, making signage, creating outreach material, and wrapping presents.

• Adopt-A-Family assisted 166 families and 462 children in 2009.
• Adopt-A-Family assisted 222 families and 567 children in 2010.

Our 2011 goal is to adopt 300 local families in need…

For a list of available families, please visit www.adoptafamilysac.org.