Adopt-a-Family

Make a difference for a Boys & Girls Club family this holiday season!

Each year, Boys & Girls Club of San Marcos hosts 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 lasting difference for a Boys & Girls Club family!

Ways to Help

Sign up for an Adopt-a-Family Pairing

Register to participate in this year's program and you'll be matched with a Boys & Girls Club family to shop for gifts from their holiday wishlist!

Make a Donation to Support the Adopt-a-Family Program

No time to shop but interested in making a difference for a local family? Make a donation and select the option to direct your gift to Adopt-a-Family and BGCSM will shop for you!

Wrap gifts as a Volunteer Elf

Volunteer with us to wrap and label gifts for families to place under their tree. Basic gift-wrapping skills welcome, master not required! Contact Ashley Cork at ashley@boysgirlsclubsm.org to sign up and learn more.

Donate Gift Wrapping Supplies

Spread some holiday magic by donating supplies to wrap Adopt-a-Family gifts–every roll of wrapping paper, tape, bows, or tags helps bring a smile to a child's face! Click here to see our gift wrap wishlist.

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 join us for the Adopt-a-Family Gift Drop-off Celebration to drop off their gifts at the Boys & Girls Clubs of San Marcos main branch (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 or 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!