Holiday Sharing Adopt-a-Family
Moorelands Kids’ Adopt-a-Family links an individual, group or family with one of our families whose children have attended Moorelands Camp. Through your sponsorship or “adoption,” Moorelands Kids provides holiday gifts to children from low-income Toronto families.
Once you have signed up to adopt a family, we will provide you with gift-giving guidelines and information about the family, the children’s ages and their interests so that you can choose gifts that will be useful and cherished.
Please note: Holiday Sharing 2025 was a success, and together we supported 157 families! View the highlights here. We will return in 2026 to spread more joy and support more families and children in need! If you’d like to join our waitlist to Adopt a Family next holiday season, click here.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Organize your plan–get your family or group together
- Complete the online application in October (act fast since we have a limited number of families available)
- We will contact you within a week of receiving your application, assign you a family or families as requested and provide the information you will need
- Go shopping, pack the unwrapped gifts for your family/families and complete the packing slip
- Deliver the boxes (or have them delivered by courier) to the drop-off location in Toronto on your scheduled date. You will be notified by email where this is.
- Feel great about helping families in need and for inspiring others to get involved!
- We’ll organize time/dates for the families to pick up their gifts
Detailed gift-giving guidelines will be provided once you sign up but here is a general overview: For each child age 16 and under you will be asked to provide:
- Hats and waterproof mitts/gloves
- Games, activity, toy or gift card
- Holiday treats (chocolates or sweets)
(Typically this will cost up to $100 per child, depending on the age)
- Grocery gift cards – $100 for a family of 2 and an additional $25 for each additional member (a family of 3 would receive $125, a family of 4 would receive $150)
Drop-off Dates:
Once you have successfully applied to adopt-a-family, we will assign you a date to drop off your gifts at our holiday warehouse (the Moorelands Kids office). We will try our best to give you a drop off date based on your application form preferences.
Drop-off Times:
Drop off times are between 8:00 am to 5:30 pm.
Moorelands Kids may be able to provide a charitable tax receipt for the gifts you purchase. If you would like a charitable tax receipt, you must:
- keep the original purchase receipts for each gift
- fill out our online form
- bring in the purchase receipts with your gifts.
Due to CRA guidelines, purchase receipts will not be accepted after the gifts have been dropped off.
For more information about tax receipts, click here.
If you are inspired to do more, please consider adopting an additional family or sponsor a child to attend another Moorelands’ program such as Moorelands Camp or one of our City programs.
If you prefer to give a monetary donation to support Holiday Sharing, click here.
SIGN UP TO ADOPT A FAMILY
Thanks to our generous community of supporters, all families have been adopted for 2025! If you still wish to support children and families in need this holiday season, consider making a donation instead. Your support is greatly appreciated!
