The Amigos Sports Club of The Villages is launching its eighth annual “Adopt-A-Family Program” for the upcoming holiday season. Their mission is to make Christmas brighter for children in need at the Wildwood Elementary School by providing them with holiday gifts. The program “adopts” the whole family; all children in the family are included and a food package is given to the family. Many of the children are homeless or living with relatives due to parents being deceased, incarcerated, or addicted.
This year’s goal is to raise $18,000 to provide $130 worth of clothing and toys to over 120 children, and food for their families. Last year, with the community’s support, they were able to raise $18,000. This allowed them to assist 49 families and 122 children. The Adopt-A-Family Program is run by a small army of volunteers, most of them are members of the Amigos Sport Club. There are currently over 80 active volunteers, including over 50 volunteer shoppers.
The Amigos Sports Club of The Villages is launching its eighth annual “Adopt-A-Family Program” for the upcoming holiday season.
Members of the community, who would like to make a donation to the Adopt-A-Family Program, may send their donation to Jim Wilson, 411 Rhapsody Path, The Villages, FL 32162. Checks should be made out to “Amigos Sports Club”, with “Adopt-A-Family” in the memo line. All donations must be in by December 14, 2016.
The Amigos Sports Club has 350 members and was formed in August of 2008.
An important aspect of the Club is to support areas of need in the community.
In the past seven years that they have sponsored the Adopt-A-Family Program, they have collected over $90,000 which allowed them to purchase gifts for over 570 children and food for 200 families. The Amigos Sports Club looks forward to making this holiday season extra special for Wildwood families who need assistance.