Epiphany’s Adopt-A-Family Ministry is an annual event that takes referrals from social service agencies and schools to identify families in need of assistance for Christmas. These families are then “adopted” by Epiphany friends and families to provide Christmas gifts and dinner. This is a great opportunity for individuals, families and small groups to give to families in need in our community.
 

Each year at Christmas, Epiphany comes together to provide gifts and holiday meals for those in need.  Working with social service agencies who also work with our Pantry, we identify families who can use an extra blessing for the holidays. 

Each family fills out a gift form highlighting desired gifts and Epiphany families and small groups adopt these families, shop, wrap and deliver the gifts to the Celebration Center at Far Hills. 

The gifts are picked up by agency social workers and delivered to the families along with a frozen turkey and non-perishable holiday staples.

We adopt an average of 100 families as a congregation, with close to 300 children and 100 adults blessed with your generosity.
 

How You Can Help

 

Monetary Donations are accepted online year-round.

Adopt a Family in November/December.

Volunteer 

This ministry relies on the generous donation of time and energy from many volunteer members of our congregation and community. Help is needed to pick up and unload our bulk order of groceries, set up the celebration center, sort and bag groceries for the families, assist donors during drop off times as required to unload gifts and ensure gifts are placed in the correct location in the Celebration Center.  Our biggest need for volunteers is during our pickup morning to load food and gifts in the vehicles for the social workers.
 
If you lead a group looking for a service project, we’d love to work with you!  Please contact us at Adopt-a-Family.
 

 

About the Agencies We Serve

Here’s a little information about some of the agencies we help:

Children’s Services – part of Children and Family Services, the social workers here provide job and parenting coaching to a range of families who may be struggling with addiction, unemployment, homelessness and food insecurity.

Dayton Children’s – this new outreach program identifies families who benefit from additional services to help manage the stresses of children with acute or long-term illness or injury.

Miami Valley Child Development Center – this Head Start program aims to provide support for families with young children to ensure a healthy foundation for learning.

Help Me Grow Brighter Futures – this program also works with families with young children providing critical parenting skills and assistance especially for families dealing with poverty and the associated challenges.
 
 
Questions about the program can be sent to Adopt-a-Family.