25 Days Of Volunteering — Day 10: Adopt an Emergency Shelter Family

HUDSON VALLEY, NY — 'Tis the season for giving back to your community. There are a number of ways that you and your family can help others through the holidays.

Every day through Christmas, Patch will be highlighting a way you can provide compassion and resources to those in need.

Volunteer New York! makes it easy to find ways to help — through donations, supporting nonprofits and even volunteering from home.

Today’s opportunity is My Sisters' Place 2024 Adopt an Emergency Shelter Family for the Holidays.

My Sisters' Place provides critical support to survivors of domestic violence, offering family and immigration legal services, counseling, and emergency shelter. Many families in its shelter have been displaced after fleeing abusive partners and are not seeking safety. These families, already facing financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will be spending the holidays away from home for the first time, often alone and without support.

This holiday season, volunteers are invited to "adopt" a family to bring much-needed joy and comfort. After being matched with an anonymous family, volunteers will receive the family's story and their holiday wish list. Volunteers will then purchase the requested gifts and deliver them to the My Sister's Place office, where they will be distributed to the adopted families.

Express interest here.

Check out all the volunteer opportunities around the Hudson Valley by visiting the Holiday Volunteering web page.

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