Adopt-A-Family – The Giving Circle, Inc

Adopt-A-Family 2021

“Something you want. Something you need.
Something to wear. Something to read.”

Saratoga Christmas ~ Adopt-A-Family – 2021 Instructions

The Giving Circle, Inc. announces our annual effort to help families during the Holiday Season. We are again working with Franklin Community Center to help families in need in Saratoga County.

The holiday season is a time of festivities and gift giving, warmth, and wishes of peace & goodwill for all on earth. But, as we all know, this can also be a particularly hard time of year for families. More families than ever find themselves struggling just to get by.

We have had an extraordinary response to the 2021 Adopt-A-Family opportunity. All of the currently registered families have been adopted. The Franklin Community Center is now taking names of donors who might want to Adopt-A-Family as additional Wish Lists are received. Please contact Jen at the Franklin Community Center to have your name placed on their list of potential donors:

By phone (Monday – Friday from 10am – 2pm): (518) 587-9826 x 225 or by email jen@franklincommunitycenter.org

You can also submit online contributions.

Please consider reaching out to a special family or a child, by providing gifts for them this holiday season.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PARTICIPATION:

Please contact us rkmaenza@earthlink.net and let us know which family you would like to adopt. Be sure to include your full name your postal address and a contact telephone number.

Gift guidelines: All gifts $50 or less. Gift cards limited to bookstores, movie theaters, bowling alleys, or similar venues; or small gift cards to McDonalds, Ben and Jerry’s, etc. where “after-school treats” can be purchased. Suggested total gift for each child – $200 – $250.

Please be advised, the list we provide you with are only suggestions. By no means should you feel it necessary to purchase every item on the list.
Please deliver gifts unwrapped. If you would like, you may provide wrapping supplies.
Please label gifts with the family number. If there are multiple bags/boxes, please label each with ‘1 of …’ so we know how many packages go to each family.

Please plan to bring all donations to the REAR door of the new main office of Franklin Community Center, 95 Washington Street Saratoga Springs. We encourage you to deliver your donations as soon as possible to ease the distribution of gifts to the families. In order to maintain appropriate social distancing, please telephone the Franklin Community Center (518) 587-9826 to set up an appointment time for your holiday gifts drop off. (Parking is available off Marvin Alley or along Franklin Street.)

As soon as the gifts arrive at the Franklin Community Center, the families are contacted and invited to come pick up their presents.

Questions or concerns, please contact us via email: rkmaenza@earthlink.net or Telephone Karyl (518) 226-0242

We also welcome contributions that we will use to purchase gifts for a selected family. Donations for your adopted family may be sent to The Giving Circle, Inc. P.O. Box 3162 Saratoga Springs, NY 12866, or here on our website Please indicate the family # from the list below, or if you would like it to go where most needed. Thank you and Happy Holidays!

You can also give online.

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FAMILY PL- 101 — Adopted

Zy’Quinn: Boy, Age 9

Size: Shirts-Men’s Medium; Pants-Men’s Small; Shoes-Mens 7½.
Favorite color: Green Favorite TV/Movie: Kid Danger;
Favorite Character: Harry Potter
Interests/Hobbies: Arts and Crafts; Building Toys; Favorite Sport-Basketball.

Something you want: Razor Scooter; Football Gloves; Bey Blades.
Something you need: Blanket; Pillows.
Something to wear: Socks; P.J.s Boxers.
Something to read: