|
 Each
year, The Salvation Army receives requests from local corporations
and individual families who wish to choose to "adopt"
families for the holidays. Last year, more than 500 families were
adopted through the following system.
We have structured
our entire Adopt-A-Family program to operate as an anonymous program
for both donor and recipient. In addition, we require the donor
to provide gifts for every member of family and food for a complete
holiday meal.
Those who wish
to adopt should contact The Salvation Army between September 15
and November 1 each year. They can specify how large a family they
are willing to provide for and will be given complete guidelines
for this program.
During the INTERVIEWING
process, families that can be matched are randomly asked if they
would like to be an adopted family rather than receive other assistance.
This is a popular
choice, so any given family that returns for special holiday assistance
may only be allowed to be adopted once.
For full guidelines,
contact 497-7053. |
