Christmas — Adopt a Family
Make Christmas merry for a local family in need.
Christmas — Adopt a Family 2026
Each Christmas, HOPEmatch matches generous donors with local families who have fallen on hard times. You’re matched to a real family’s wish list, shop the gifts yourself, and we deliver them in time for the holidays.
VIP donors get early access to choose a family before the public window opens. Not able to adopt a whole family? Give to the Merry Measure Match fund and your gift goes twice as far.
Three Simple Steps
From choosing who to sponsor, to shopping their list, to dropping off your gifts.
- 1
Adopt a family
Browse families and choose one to sponsor for the holidays. The family is then reserved for you.
- 2
Shop their wish list
Purchase the gifts on the family’s personalized wish list, or give a gift amount and we’ll shop for you.
- 3
Drop off by the deadline
Bring your gifts on drop-off day — we’ll email you the date, time window, and location. We handle delivery to the family in time for Christmas.
Campaign Timeline
- VIP early accessOctober 1, 2026
- Sponsoring opensOctober 10, 2026
- Sponsoring closesNovember 20, 2026
- Gift drop-offNovember 23, 2026
- Event / deliveryDecember 12, 2026
Gift Guidelines
- ✓All gifts must be brand new.
- ✓Label each gift with the family’s number.
- ✓Please leave gifts unwrapped — we provide wrapping at delivery.