Christmas Wish List Sponsorships

Become a Sponsor

Complete the Christmas Sponsorship Sign-Up Form. After you complete the form, you will receive an email from our Volunteer Coordinator, Ben Short to confirm your participation. You may find the form HERE.
WOW!! WE HAVE HAD AMAZING RESPONSE AND ALL OF OUR WISHLISTS HAVE BEEN SPONSORED! Do you still want to contribute to our families’ needs this holiday season? Contact Ben Short to learn about alternate ways of giving such as Family Move-out Wishlists, Gift Cards, and other needed items. We also have Christmas cards and Year and Giving options.
Sponsors will be sent a wish list for a child or adult in mid-November. The personalized wish list will include 4 specific items and we will provide gender, age, favorite colors, and sizes for clothes needed.
Shop for presents. We ask that you spend a total of about $100-$125 per wish list. You can go shopping anywhere you wish. Please save the gift receipts and include them with the items.
Deliver Christmas gifts to Dorothy Day House. Sponsors are responsible for delivering Christmas gifts to Joseph’s House (1161 Peabody Ave) on Friday, December 6 from 3pm - 6pm or on Saturday, December 7 from 10am - 1pm, or to our office (321 S. Bellevue Blvd.) on Monday, December 9 from 9 am - 4pm.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes! When you complete the sponsorship sign up form you can select the number of wish lists you want to receive.
Yes! Consider asking a friend, your office, or a civic group you are part of to sponsor a wish list together. We ask that you still spend $150 total on each wish list. Please do not spend more on the wish list to ensure gifts are fairly distributed.
Yes! When you complete the sponsorship sign up form you can request a family. We will try to accommodate your request.
Due to the large volume of wish lists and privacy of our families, it is not possible to set up meetings with each family and their sponsors. If you want direct interaction with the families that we serve, consider signing up to be a volunteer. Click here to complete our volunteer application.
We ask that you do not wrap the presents. You are welcome to include wrapping supplies in the bag so that the parents may wrap the gifts to put under the Christmas tree.
We ask that you spend $100-$125 on each wish list. Please do not spend more (or less). Since there can be multiple kids within the same family with different sponsors, we do not want one child to receive more gifts than their sibling.
Sponsors are responsible for delivering Christmas gifts to Joseph’s House (1161 Peabody Ave) on Friday, December 6 from 3pm - 6pm or on Saturday, December 7 from 10am - 1pm, or to our office (321 S. Bellevue Blvd.) on Monday, December 9 from 9 am - 4pm.
Please save the gift receipts and include them with the items.