Greater St. Louis Adopt-a-Family

What is the Salvation Army Adopt-a-Family Program?

Along with the Angel Tree program, the Adopt-a-Family program was created to address the needs of low-income families during the holidays and times of need.  Each year The Salvation Army of St. Louis receives hundreds of applications for assistance for the Adopt-a-Family program. The families who qualify for the Adopt-a-Family program are facing significant financial hardships and they are often unable to afford a Christmas dinner, new toys and warm clothing for their children. Some are single parent families with very low income and some are of large families where a parent has been laid off from their job, have major medical expenses or facing some other significant challenge.

Who is Eligible to Receive Assistance?

Assistance is available ONLY to families who live in the Greater St. Louis Area. For assistance in other communities, please contact your local Salvation Army.

How Can You Help?

The Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family program is very rewarding and heart-warming way to help some of the neediest families in our community.  Its goal is to partner with businesses, organizations, and individuals who will adopt families who demonstrate extreme and/or unique needs during the Christmas season.  By participating in the Adopt-a-Family program, you can help with the needs of an entire family.  You can adopt a small family, a large family or multiple families.  The Salvation Army will provide the ages, sizes and wish list of each child.  This is a perfect holiday project and works for any budget.

How the Program Works

Adopt-a-Family sponsors will need to complete the form linked above, specifying the size of family that they would like to adopt. Donors will then receive a small summary of the family’s current situation, a list of all members of the household, clothing sizes for all the children in the home, as well as a small wish list for each child. Donors are not expected to purchase every item on the list. Minimum (not required) for adopting a family is an outfit per child, one toy per child, and a grocery gift card for the family.

Once you complete the form linked above, you will be contacted via email and a family will be assigned to you in September or October.

Suggested Giving Levels

For more information, please contact: 
Mid.Adopt@USC.Salvationarmy.org 
314-646-3141