Adopt a Family for Christmas Tucson Arizona
October 24th, 2011 | 
Author: If you live in Tucson Arizona and need to be adopted this Christmas, the Salvation Army in Tucson AZ can help you. Each year, The Salvation Army helps families who are in crisis, enjoy a special holidays. Through the Adopt-A-Family program, groups, churches and organizations are afforded the opportunity to engage in a “hands-on” project to provide assistance to a select family of their choosing. By sponsoring a family, anyone can help make the holidays truly blessed and spread cheer to others. This year, over 100 schools are participating in family referrals, allowing the Salvation Army to not only provide more needy children a chance of assistance but ensuring the level of need. Consequently, the need for community sponsors will continue to grow and be more rewarding for all parties involved!
In Tucson, AZ, to be a sponsor of a family for the holidays, there are certain minimum guidelines to meet:
- $50 Food Certificate (from a grocery store)
- $50 Worth of New Toys Per Child
- Children 15-yrs and older receive Clothing & Hygiene Items
For example: A family of four (one adult & three kids) would receive $50 for food and $150 worth of new toys, thus costing sponsor a total of $200. Sponsors may also choose to supplement the minimum guidelines with other items/gift certificates, as well as directly deliver the items to the family. All delivery dates to families must occur by Dec. 21.
TO INQUIRE ABOUT APPLYING FOR ADOPT-A-FAMILY ASSISTANCE:
Contact your Child's local School Counselor or Family Advocate.
For Assistance with Christmas Toys,
Call their Application Phone Line
(520) 792-1629
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN UNDER SCHOOL AGE SHOULD CALL:
The Salvation Army at 795-9671.
ADF Coordinator - Nicole Cruz - 792-1352
All Assistance Applications MUST be completed prior to December 11.
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Hello , Thank you for caring. Not many people do. If not you yourself maybe you can pass me on to someone else. I have to ask not for myself but for my loved and innocent ones. I am the oldest of six children the youngest being just three years old. Our mother has a tumorous cyst on her brain and is mostly ill and does not work. Her husband our stepfather is stuck on the east coast on a trucking load trying to get the bills and holiday under wraps and may not even make it back in time. He has no money or food either staying in his truck for days in cold weather states. Ive always done all I can and the past couple of years Ive carried my siblings Christmas, spending whole paychecks on gifts and food and receiving help from family and friends to get it to them. Kind of like the heart of Santa Claus, I remember my childhood and cant bear to see them hungry or without. This year has been particularly rough on myself and in turn rougher for them. When the government cut the employment checks I was lucky enough to find temporary work quickly. However when the need was over so was my job. The rent quickly stacked up while I sought employment and I was evicted from my home. I am now trying to transition back into working and stability as well as helping my family do the same. The world is full of wealth and greed and need ours is no greater or less nor is our need new. Its just peaking unbearable for the mind, sickening thought for the stomach to live not eating to feed in such a rich world. My brother and I are of working age and have been constantly seeking side work or anything to help the situation however it is in no way easy in our location with no working vehicle or money for transportation. We are not in any form beggars we are a proud people and grin cry grin and bear it, but i feel why should they suffer if they don’t have to. I have wrote something like this only once before. We had asked for assistance last year when my family had gotten out of shelter and into a house spending Christmas with freeze warnings with no heat and didn’t receive any aide or relief. I wont ask for myself because I have always figured it out some way by the grace of God. I know that on the other side of all this just around the corner is tomorrow and a brighter day. I will ask for my family, for the baby that needs and cant ask for herself totally innocent to the circumstances and situations around and effecting her. Christmas is two weeks away we have no tree not a single gift but my worry is finding enough food so that at least if nothing else we can have a nice hot dinner for the holidays, If nothing else that you are able to offer us be our angel and share us with others you know through the grace of God somebody is able and willing. If you are able and truly care to know you can email me back and I will let you know our needs. However anything is helpful and we are very grateful. Thank you so very much for your time and attention and we hope you have a blessed and Happy Holiday.
Also in regards to my last email It is a very emotional and stressful time. To add to the last message this morning i watched my mother cry on the phone this morning as she tried to get an extension on the gas that they had already cut off early this morning. It cost 124.41 to get it cut back on so that we dont stay sleeping and living in the 30 degree weather that is forecast for the week. I was also informed that we need to pay 500 to the electric company by dec. 15. I dont mean to burden with my ramble but the situation went from bad to worse. Now i have to focus not on trees and gifts but heat hot food and water and lights. i am awaiting your email with any help suggestions or advice and again thank you so very much. all the bills are in my mother name Star Davenport she is a resident of surprise arizona and a very devout christian. we have proof in paperwork of all claims. Thank you so much for taking the time out to read and have a very blessed holiday.
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