Each year, Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos partners with generous businesses, families and community supporters to provide holiday gifts for Boys & Girls Club families in need. Join us for this year's Adopt-a-Family program to spread holiday cheer and make a meaningful difference for a Boys & Girls Club family!

Thanks to an incredible response from our community, all families in this year's Adopt-a-Family program have been paired!

If you'd still like to help spread holiday cheer, consider making a donation to support the program. Simply select the option to direct your gift to the Adopt-a-Family program and your donation will provide a Club youth with a special gift from their wishlist or a holiday meal and essential items for their family.

How it Works

October

• Boys & Girls Club members and their families are nominated to be part of the Adopt-a-Family program by Boys & Girls Club staff.
  

November

• Generous donors team up with family, friends, neighbors or coworkers to brighten a family's holidays.
• Donors are contacted beginning the first week of November with holiday wishlists from their matched family.
• Each donor will receive:
• (1) wishlist per child in the family including first names, ages, children's clothing sizes, and gift ideas
• (1) family wishlist with items that would benefit the entire family (i.e. household appliances, family items, etc.)
• While there's no minimum requirement, the average dollar amount spent on wishlist items is approximately $100-$150+ per person in the family.

December

• Donors may schedule a time to drop off gifts or are invited to join us for the Adopt-a-Family Gift Wrapping Party on Friday, Dec. 12 at our Jennifer Loscher Branch Clubhouse (1 Positive Place, San Marcos, CA 92069).
• Donors may wrap their gifts and drop them off OR bring unwrapped gifts to the celebration (with a list/individually labeled items to indicate each intended recipient) and our volunteer elves will take care of wrapping them!
• BGCSM staff arrange for families to receive their gifts and take home to put under their family's tree!
• The holidays become a more cheerful time of year for all!