Adopt A Family
Our Annual Adopt-a-Family holiday program opens November 1! Family profiles will be available until the end of November.
Thank you to all of our amazing donors who participated in the 2024 holiday program. With your support, we were able to provide gifts to over 100 families! Due to limited staffing and overwhelming administrative needs for the agency, we are once again running a limited program for 2025. We are still very much in need of your generous support, and our families are looking forward to having basic needs items and toys to celebrate the holidays. Donors are encouraged to adopt one family and provide that family with a robust adoption. We hope each family can receive overwhelming support during this very challenging time. We look forward to another great Adopt-a-Family season!
For many of the families we work with, the holidays can be an especially trying time. Years ago, Brighter Beginnings developed its Adopt-a-Family program to help make the holidays a less stressful and more joyous time for families in need by connecting them to the generosity of our donors.
How It Works
Through this ‘adoption’ process, low-income families are matched with a donor who purchases gifts and/or gift cards to provide seasonal gifts and necessities for the family. The donor drops the gifts off at one of our centers in Alameda or Contra Costa County and we distribute them to the adopted family. Here’s what you’ll need to do to participate:
1. Sign up through the Brighter Beginnings Adopt-a-Family website – all you need is an email address.
2. Once the program opens on November 1, choose a drop-off location from your account page.
3. Browse through the families available for adoption.
4. Click the ‘Adopt this Family’ button once you find the family you would like to adopt.
5. Complete the contact information form to finalize the adoption.
6. Click ‘Adopt’ to receive a confirmation email.
7. Purchase gifts and/or gift cards to match the Family Profiles.
8. Drop your gifts off at your chosen drop location on your scheduled date.
Tools
To access the Family Profiles please go to the Brighter Beginnings Adopt-a-Family website.
To receive a tax deduction for your gifts, remember to bring a completed In Kind Donation Form when you drop off your gifts.
Drop Off Dates & Locations
- Oakland Artthaus Center
2744 East 11th Street, Suite H01
Oakland, CA 94601
510-437-8950
Dec 11, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Dec 14, 9:30 am – 5:00 pm
- Family Health Clinic Richmond
2727 Macdonald Avenue
Richmond, CA 94804
510-236-6990
Dec 11, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Dec 14, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
- Family Health Clinic Downtown Antioch
512 West 5th Street
Antioch, CA 94509
925-303-4780
Dec 11, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Dec 14, 10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Questions?
Please contact our Adopt-a-Family superstar at aaf@brighter-beginnings.org
Please use the subject line AAF or Adopt-a-Family when you email questions to the staff.