Adopt a Family for Christmas.

As of today (12/3/09), Bluffton Self Help has registered 284 families (605 children) for our annual “Adopt a Family For Christmas” campaign. So far we have sponsors for 165 families, leaving 119 families from our current registration still needing sponsors. This gap need will  grow significantly as we are taking additional registrations this Saturday after the Bluffton Christmas Parade as well as the following Saturday.

Sponsoring a family is easy and incredibly rewarding!  If you are interested and want to make a real difference in someone’s Christmas this year, simply call Bluffton Self Help at 843-757-8000 or stop by (9 to 3:30 Monday thru Friday) at our center on May River Road directly opposite the May River Grill.  You will be provided the contacts of the family you are “adopting” including the names and ages of their participating children (12 and under).  You are asked to provide a wrapped gift for each child in the family not to exceed $25 (in most cases the parents have completed a list of suggested / requested gifts.) 

You have two options for delivering you gifts: contacting the family directly and making arrangements to meet them in a public place (i.e. church, school, post office, Bluffton Self Help parking lot).  Sponsoring families consistently tell us that this a very gratifying experience.   Or, if you are uncomfortable in doing this, you can simply drop your wrapped presents off at Bluffton Self Help.

We realize that everyone is being bombarded this holiday season with charity requests  so we thank you in advance for considering helping Bluffton Self Help provide a merry Christmas for almost a 1,000 local children this year!