Adopt-A-Family Program
Think snow, sleigh bells, sparkling lights and Holiday music. Think hot chocolate, apple cider, pretty ribbons, toys and lots of goodies. Does this start to feel like the Holiday you and your family are planning? We hope so.
Unfortunately, this is not the image many of the Parker Task Force clients see when they consider the upcoming holiday season. For many of them, this season means the additional stress cold weather puts on already tight budgets. It means that the dreams and expectations that many of us take for granted are still just beyond their reach. Worse, it means that they have to say to their children, “Santa won’t be able to visit our house this year.”
To help make the holidays a little less stressful, we coordinate with various organizations and individuals in the community to offer our Adopt-A-Family Program to families with young children and our seniors. This program helps provide gifts to those in need during the holiday season.
We would like to thank all the individuals and businesses that have supported the Adopt-A-Family program in the past. Each year, we adopt out over 150 families and seniors to our generous community. If you would like to become a sponsor of a family or senior in need, please reach out to Sue@parkertaskforce.org to get further details of the program
The 2024 drop off date for Sponsors to drop off wrapped gifts at the Parker Task Force – 19105 Longs Way in Parker is Friday, December 13th
The 2024 pick up date for Families and Seniors to pick up their gifts at the Parker Task Force is Sunday, December 15th
- Seniors – 10:00 – 11:00am
- Last Name A-M – 11:00 – 12:30pm
- Last Name N-Z – 12:30 – 2:00pm
Thank you again to our generous sponsors for making the holidays a much happier time for those in need.
While Douglas County is thought of as affluent, nearly 20% of its residents struggle to meet even the basic needs of food and shelter. Parker Task Force now helps hundreds of families stay in their homes with working utilities and enough food to feed everyone in their household. The volunteers at PTF pour a tremendous amount of time and love into this work. We all know that it is not enough. We rely on the wonderful citizens in our community to help us out with donations of food and money and you do! The incredible generosity and giving spirit is a constant source of joy for all of us. If you would like to donate to the Holiday Adopt-A-Family Program go to our Donations page.
For more information contact foodbank@parkertaskforce.org or call 303-841-3460
