Adopt-A-Family
For the first time, United Way was excited to partner with the Mt. Pleasant Jaycees for our Adopt-A-Family program! Though a family may be working, sometimes life happens — a medical situation, a vehicle repair, roof leak...the list goes on and on. When a crisis happens right before the holiday, families sometime struggle to make ends meet, leaving Christmas to be at the bottom of their priority list. Our Adopt-A-Family program helps working families that could use a Holiday blessing.
Many of these families typically would never ask for help, so this program has been designed to encourage referrals from our local schools. We then match a families wish list with a sponsor and the sponsor does the shopping. Thank you so much to the businesses and families who sponsored a family. Thank you to all of the Jaycees who volunteered their time to shop and wrap gifts. And finally, thank you to McGuirk Sand-Gravel for donating a temporary space for us to house all of the gifts this year!
WATCH SUCCESS STORY VIDEO HIGHLIGHT:
Tara Leonard, General Manager at the Baymont Inn Mt. Pleasant and the Mt. Pleasant Jaycees Past President, talks about the impact of this program and what it means for our community.