Adopt a Family for the Holidays?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think that is excessive. For a teenager, that's a coat, a pair of shoes, a small gift card, maybe a sweatshirt or socks/underwear and you are in the $100-150 range.

No, it’s not super excessive for one person. But if a family has 4-6 people, that’s could be up to $900 total for the family. Maybe that is small change to you, but not to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid is in a title 1 school. I send him in with a small stack of grocery cards to the store in the neighborhood. They are in an envelope with the guidance counselors name. His teacher passes them along and the GC distributes.

Beautiful PP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think that is excessive. For a teenager, that's a coat, a pair of shoes, a small gift card, maybe a sweatshirt or socks/underwear and you are in the $100-150 range.

No, it’s not super excessive for one person. But if a family has 4-6 people, that’s could be up to $900 total for the family. Maybe that is small change to you, but not to me.

I don't even spend that much on my kids. Maybe half that. Never heard of clearance sales?? I make 75K per year so no, no hundreds per kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It can be very expensive - thousands of dollars. I found this out when my friend did it last year and only discovered after getting the lists and requirements from the agency. one of the requirements of the agency was that clothing items on wish lists were expected to be "quality items" and then there were a list of brands and stores and no, Walmart and Target were not on the list. Another one was electronics on wish lists had to come with certain additional accessories even if those accessories did not appear on the wish list.

If budget is a concern to you, make sure to ask questions beforehand on the expectations.

What agency is this? I find it hard to believe this is real. And one can always say no.

Yeah this is definitely fake.

I don’t know if that is fake or not but I remember reading a thread here, maybe last year, where the gift requests were very high and expensive items.

I think that was a troll.

I don’t think it was a troll, I think the OP updated that the list was given as a joke but wasn’t actually the real requests.

[Anonymous]

I adopted my 3 kids. I adopted all my pets. There are mine, forever.

We SPONSOR a family through our church at holidays.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gee, if only the google worked

https://ebfsc.org/what-you-can-do/adopt-a-family/

http://www.operationwearehere.com/AdoptMilitaryFamily.html

https://www.stmatthewscathedral.org/outreach/adopt-a-family

https://hruth.org/ways-to-give/adopt-a-family/

Or is there some kind of specific family yiure looking for, OP?

I just clicked on the House of Ruth website. They explicitly state that you can expect to spend from $100-$150 PER FAMILY MEMBER if you choose to Adopt a Family. Each family is 1+ members.
So, yes, now this can get expensive.

I've done this with a group of friends. Each of us contributed so the whole family was covered and it was a reasonable cost.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I adopted my 3 kids. I adopted all my pets. There are mine, forever.

We SPONSOR a family through our church at holidays.

There are so many actual things to worry and focus on in this world. If anyone wants to show love and kindness and support by buying items or food or gift cards for people who need them, they can call that process what they like. Let's get it done. Let's use our resources and wealth and time and compassion and let's get it done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gee, if only the google worked

https://ebfsc.org/what-you-can-do/adopt-a-family/

http://www.operationwearehere.com/AdoptMilitaryFamily.html

https://www.stmatthewscathedral.org/outreach/adopt-a-family

https://hruth.org/ways-to-give/adopt-a-family/

Or is there some kind of specific family yiure looking for, OP?

I just clicked on the House of Ruth website. They explicitly state that you can expect to spend from $100-$150 PER FAMILY MEMBER if you choose to Adopt a Family. Each family is 1+ members.
So, yes, now this can get expensive.

I've done this with a group of friends. Each of us contributed so the whole family was covered and it was a reasonable cost.

Yes, exactly. We do this as a team of co-workers. In the time it takes you to yip about it online, you can be thinking of a group of people to get this done with you. Church friends, yoga friends, walking buddies, moms group, neighbors, co-workers. In 45 seconds, I can think of about four groups of "my people" with about 5 people in this group, they'd be interested, boom. Done.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think that is excessive. For a teenager, that's a coat, a pair of shoes, a small gift card, maybe a sweatshirt or socks/underwear and you are in the $100-150 range.

No, it’s not super excessive for one person. But if a family has 4-6 people, that’s could be up to $900 total for the family. Maybe that is small change to you, but not to me.

I don't even spend that much on my kids. Maybe half that. Never heard of clearance sales?? I make 75K per year so no, no hundreds per kids.

Please. Your kids already have coats, shoes, hats, the basics. Of course you don't spend $X on them. They literally don't need anything for the holidays. You have to rack your brain to make lists. You have to put mental energy into thinking up things you can ask 6 relatives who will also call and ask for what they want/need.

A kid in NEED, yeah. Just to get them outfitted with a few basics that they NEED, that's at least $100 per kid right there.

If you people get sticker shock over spending, say, $500 on a family in need who doesn't have the basics, that's fine. Go find other ways to give. But let's not act like it is unreasonable to spend a few hundred dollars on a family of four who needs coats, groceries, shoes, jeans, BASICS.

We do house of Ruth as a group of co-workers. I can't afford $500 on my own. So I team up and contribute to a group effort. That's kind of...the way it is done. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but don't act like it's absurd to spend a few hundred on a FAMILY who doesn't have the basics.

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

That PP up-thread was correct. You SPONSOR a family.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I adopted my 3 kids. I adopted all my pets. There are mine, forever.

We SPONSOR a family through our church at holidays.

There are so many actual things to worry and focus on in this world. If anyone wants to show love and kindness and support by buying items or food or gift cards for people who need them, they can call that process what they like. Let's get it done. Let's use our resources and wealth and time and compassion and let's get it done.

You are completely missing the point. Handing over money or stuff at the holidays isn't as helpful as you think. People need stuff all year round but they also need so much more, quality child care, educations, etc.

If you really want to help, adopt a child who no one else wants to adopt. But, of course that would be a lot of effort, money and time and you are not actually willing to do something more than that takes a few hours to pat yourself on the back and move on.

Adoption is true love.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think that is excessive. For a teenager, that's a coat, a pair of shoes, a small gift card, maybe a sweatshirt or socks/underwear and you are in the $100-150 range.

No, it’s not super excessive for one person. But if a family has 4-6 people, that’s could be up to $900 total for the family. Maybe that is small change to you, but not to me.

I don't even spend that much on my kids. Maybe half that. Never heard of clearance sales?? I make 75K per year so no, no hundreds per kids.

Please. Your kids already have coats, shoes, hats, the basics. Of course you don't spend $X on them. They literally don't need anything for the holidays. You have to rack your brain to make lists. You have to put mental energy into thinking up things you can ask 6 relatives who will also call and ask for what they want/need.

A kid in NEED, yeah. Just to get them outfitted with a few basics that they NEED, that's at least $100 per kid right there.

If you people get sticker shock over spending, say, $500 on a family in need who doesn't have the basics, that's fine. Go find other ways to give. But let's not act like it is unreasonable to spend a few hundred dollars on a family of four who needs coats, groceries, shoes, jeans, BASICS.

We do house of Ruth as a group of co-workers. I can't afford $500 on my own. So I team up and contribute to a group effort. That's kind of...the way it is done. If you don't want to do that, that's fine, but don't act like it's absurd to spend a few hundred on a FAMILY who doesn't have the basics.

I don' know where you are shopping but for $100 I can get a kid a lot. I don't spend more than $15 or so on a coat. I buy ahead on clearance and mine usually wear them at least 2 years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I adopted my 3 kids. I adopted all my pets. There are mine, forever.

We SPONSOR a family through our church at holidays.

There are so many actual things to worry and focus on in this world. If anyone wants to show love and kindness and support by buying items or food or gift cards for people who need them, they can call that process what they like. Let's get it done. Let's use our resources and wealth and time and compassion and let's get it done.

You are completely missing the point. Handing over money or stuff at the holidays isn't as helpful as you think. People need stuff all year round but they also need so much more, quality child care, educations, etc.

If you really want to help, adopt a child who no one else wants to adopt. But, of course that would be a lot of effort, money and time and you are not actually willing to do something more than that takes a few hours to pat yourself on the back and move on.

Adoption is true love.

NP. I think it is you who is missing the point. Of course these families need more, but a coat, a few toys and some jeans is a start. Why dismiss that? To react this way over the use of the word adoption is just crazy. No one is questioning the love shown by adopting a child. For the holiday season, people are talking about adopting a family for a day, just so they know others care and to help how they can. I get you think that isn't enough. I chose to see it as a start.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You don't "adopt" a kid/family by just providing financial resources and/or volunteering. Adoption is a long, legal, complex legal process. What you are describing is charitable giving, not adoption

Do you also get offended when people discuss adopting a pet, or a new routine?

Do you always feel the need to pipe up about matters that are not reflective of your lived experiences because of your fragility kicking in?

What does this sentence even mean?

It means that the poster is an easily offended Right-winger. Not much else. Lol.