Denver Rescue Mission is celebrating its seventeenth Christmas outreach to needy families by offering the Adopt-A-Family Program. Together, many corporations, organizations, churches, families, and individuals help to make this a special holiday for children and their families in the Denver Metro Area.

We would like to match willing sponsors to needy families for the purpose of providing them with a Christmas holiday food box and gifts. As a sponsor of a needy family you are asked to provide:

• One gift of new clothing and one or two toys for each child, purchased for a minimum of $40.

• A small gift for each adult, purchased for a minimum of $25.

• An uncooked food box, which includes: turkey or ham, stuffing and potatoes, canned vegetables, bread and margarine, dessert and milk. For families with infants, baby food and dry milk would also be appreciated. A disposable pan to cook the turkey in would also be helpful. An alternative to this would be to provide the family with a gift certificate to a local grocer so that they can shop for their holiday meal.

• All gifts should be wrapped.

• You will be responsible for dropping off gifts and the meal to the adopted family on Saturday, December 13th (unless other arrangements have been made).

• Remember, the amounts listed for gifts are a minimum. If you would like to exceed the amounts listed, you may. Some children ask for bicycles. A near-new bicycle is also acceptable.

The names of needy families are referred to us by our own Client Services and Family Rescue Ministry. It is our hope that you will share with us in brightening the holiday of a family that might not otherwise be celebrating the “Reason for the Season”.

To initiate this wonderful experience please visit https://www.drmvolunteers.org/aaf .We are excited to introduce a new sign up process this year that will also allow sponsors to receive their families information via email! The sign up is a two part process that involves creating a sponsor profile and then registering to sponsor a family. Below is a step by step guide to help you navigate through the new sign up process to become a sponsor.

• Click on https://www.drmvolunteers.org/aaf

• New users click on Register to create a sponsor profile

• Once profile is created, check your email for a confirmation link

• Click on confirmation link and log in using your email and password

• Your sponsor profile is complete and now you can register to sponsor a family

• To sponsor a family, click on “register for current year” found on your profile page

• Select number of families to adopt and size and click “register”

• The sponsorship registration process is now complete and you will receive an email confirmation

In order to accurately determine how many families we will be able to support this year, we are asking that all sponsors register online by November 1st.  If you have any questions please contact Nicole Diffee at ndiffee@denrescue.org or 303.953.3954.

Thank you so much for partnering with us this Christmas.