Help us make Christmas possible for a local family in need.
The holiday season is quickly approaching, and Be a Blessing Buffalo is once again preparing to bring Christmas joy to families throughout Western New York who are facing circumstances no family should have to navigate alone.
Each holiday season, we work with families experiencing homelessness or housing instability, financial hardship, job loss, medical crises, and other unexpected life-changing circumstances. Many of the families we serve are doing everything they can simply to keep up with necessities—and Christmas gifts can feel completely out of reach.
That is where you can become a blessing.
Through our Adopt a Family Holiday Program, generous individuals, families, businesses, organizations, teams, and community groups are matched with a local family in need. Each participating family provides information about their children, including their ages, interests, clothing sizes, favorite things, and holiday wishes.
Sponsors can choose the size of family they feel comfortable supporting, and Be a Blessing Buffalo will match them accordingly. Sponsors will receive a personalized wish list and have the opportunity to shop specifically for the children and family they have been matched with.
For many of these parents, knowing their children will have something to open on Christmas morning provides an incredible sense of relief. For the children, it means waking up on Christmas morning feeling remembered, celebrated, and loved.
Since Be a Blessing Buffalo was founded in 2019, our community has helped us bring hope to thousands of local men, women, and children—and we cannot do it without people willing to step forward and say, “We’ll help this family.”
Whether someone adopts one child, an entire family, participates as a company or group, or would prefer to financially sponsor a family and have one of our volunteers shop on their behalf, there are several ways to get involved.
Will you help us make Christmas possible for a local family this year?
Become an Adopt-a-Family Sponsor
Once someone signs up, our team will contact them with additional information regarding family matching, wish lists, shopping guidelines, and gift drop-off.
Thank you for helping us make sure families throughout Western New York know they are not alone this Christmas.
Be a Blessing Buffalo
Bringing dignity, joy, relief, and hope to our community—one blessing at a time.