Help Bring Magic to the Holidays

We are excited to announce that we’re bringing back DFL’s Holiday Adopt-a-Family program! This program identifies children and families we serve who could use some help granting their holiday wishes. Directions for Living’s Adopt-a-Family program helps families who are living housing unstable and having a hard time making ends meet, children and families who are working to overcome mental health or substance misuse issues, and parents who are living homeless who worry that their little ones may not have gifts to open this year.

This year, you have an opportunity to partner with Directions for Living to provide a happy holiday for children and families and we can’t thank you enough for your support in fulfilling holiday wishes to those in need of some extra love this year.

Each child or family hoping to be adopted this holiday season are listed below. Wish lists can be downloaded straight from this page. Please use the button below to officially “adopt” your family before you start shopping.

Each wish list shares some basic information about the child/family, including suggested gift ideas. To make it easier for our Elves, some gift ideas will include a link to the wish list item.

Donors can be a single person or a group of people. There are no spending requirements and the wish lists are simply a guide to help you pick just the right gift for that child or family. Please do not feel obligated to buy every item on the wish list; however, when choosing to adopt a family with multiple members, please purchase at least one item for each person in the family. All gifts must be new and unwrapped.

In order to be distributed in time for the holidays, all gifts must be delivered to the Directions for Living Clearwater Center (1437 South Belcher Road) during one of the following time periods:

• Monday, December 11th from 3pm – 7pm
• Tuesday, December 12th from 8am – 1pm

More detailed information about gift drop-off will be sent to our Elves via email before the delivery dates. Please contact Lisa at [email protected] with any questions.

Please look through the wish lists below and choose which family or families you would like to adopt. Wish lists that are grayed out have already been chosen by a donor and are currently being fulfilled. Click the button below to officially adopt your family!