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Holiday Programs

Holiday Adopter Program

 

The Holiday Adopter Program provides donors with the opportunity to spread hope and cheer to local families in need by ensuring they have gifts to open during the holiday season. Donors are paired with a family and can purchase gifts from the household’s wish list or donate gift cards in the amount of $125 per family member.

 

2024 Recap

 

Over 160 families were “adopted” by supporters near and far! Children (and parents!) received gifts purchased directly from their wish lists by over 114 donors.

Adopt-A-Family sends our heartfelt thanks to all our adopters for sharing kindness with families in need this holiday season!

Questions about our Holiday Adopter Program? Please contact us at holidayadopter@aafpbc.org.

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Santa Shoppe

 

Our beloved annual Santa Shoppe event provides hundreds of children with the opportunity to select gifts for their family members, do crafts, and enjoy lunch in a festive holiday wonderland. All children will also receive a photo opp and wrapped gift from their wishlist from the big man himself. 

 

2024 Recap

Santa Shoppe is a cherished tradition that is made possible by hundreds of donors and volunteers who ensure the families we serve experience the joy of the holiday season. This year, a total of 265 children received gifts directly from their wishlist. 

On Saturday, December 7th, children received their gift and took a picture with Santa and Mrs. Claus. Each child was also paired with a volunteer who brought them into the “shopping room” to help them select gifts for their family members. Next,the kids visited the “wrapping room” where volunteers helped them to wrap the gifts to keep the surprise until the time comes to open them. Throughout the event, families enjoyed crafts, face painting, and breakfast or lunch.

We could not pull off this event without the generosity, kindness, and enthusiasm of our community of supporters. Thank you for everything!

Questions about Santa Shoppe? Please contact us at santashoppe@aafpbc.org.

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HRC Gift Giving Event

 

Every December, parents of families receiving services from the Homeless Resource Center have the opportunity to select gifts for their children and have them wrapped by volunteer elves. We welcome the donation of new toys and stocking stuffers for babies, kids, and teens to stock the shop at the Gift Giving event. Financial contributions and volunteers are also appreciated!

 

2024 Recap

This year, the Senator Philip D. Lewis Homeless Resource Center’s 9th annual Gift Giving event provided gifts to 73 local families experiencing homelessness. The event was an encouraging opportunity to connect with the families we serve, as staff and volunteers  were on hand to wrap each gift after the parents hand picked toys for each child. While they waited for their gifts to be wrapped, parents grabbed a stocking for each child and select some tiny gifts to fill them.

Over the course of the three day event, volunteers and staff gift wrapped presents for 183 children to open this holiday season. Thank you to everyone who donated presents or their time to make this event a success.

Questions about the HRC Gift Giving Event? Please contact us at giftgiving@aafpbc.org.

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Trunk or Treat

Every year, Adopt-A-Family provides agency residents and students of Project Grow the opportunity for a “Trick-or-Treating” experience at our annual Halloween festival complete with candy, carnival games, a bounce house, and plenty of elaborate costumes and decorations to go around!

Each year we accept donations of candy to hand out at the event as well as costumes to distribute to the kids ahead of time. We are also always looking for individuals and groups to volunteer to decorate their trunks and hand out candy on the night of the event.

2024 Recap

 

Adopt-A-Family’s 4th Annual Trunk or Treat took place on October 25 from 5-7pm on our Lake Worth campus, drawing the biggest crowd yet. Resident families had the opportunity to dress up, play games, and collect candy from themed car trunks.

We are grateful to our many donors for the donations of candy and gently used costumes that made the event sweet and spooky for the families we serve. 

Questions about Trunk or Treat? Please contact mpinto@aafpbc.org

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Thanksgiving Assistance

Thanksgiving is an important tradition for families to feel connected and at home. Each year, we ensure that the families we serve across our wide variety of programs and services have what they need to take part in the holiday. For families who are waiting for permanent shelter and may have limited access to a kitchen, we provide gift cards for a meal out, while residents and families already placed in housing receive baskets packed with ingredients to cook up a full Thanksgiving meal.

2024 Recap

 

This year, Adopt-A-Family collected food and financial donations through mid-November to ensure our client families could enjoy a full Thanksgiving meal. Residents of agency housing received baskets filled with the ingredients to cook Thanksgiving dinner, and clients of the Homeless Resource Center were provided gift cards for a holiday meal out. 

The pre-filled 2024 meal baskets consisted of: canned yams, marshmallows, stuffing mix, gravy, instant mashed potatoes, macaroni & cheese, cranberry sauce, canned soup, and green beans.

We are grateful to the many, many donors, supporters, and volunteers who made it possible for us to equip nearly 350 families to prepare a full Thanksgiving meal on the holiday! 

Questions about Thanksgiving Assistance? Please contact mlutas@aafpbc.org