Holiday Programs

The 2024 holiday programs are now closed. Thank you to all who have contributed gifts, time, and energy to ensure that our families have a bright holiday season. From everyone here at Bethany House, we wish you and yours a joyous holiday and peaceful new year.

Please check back November 1, 2025.

Adopt-A-Family & Adopt-A-Future Family: Adopt-A-Family is Bethany House’s most well-known holiday program. This program is for families who are in one of our housing programs. As a sponsor, you “adopt” a family (or families) and provide the presents from their wish list to ensure a joyful holiday. There are families who will enter a housing program between now and December and we want these families to have holiday gifts, too. Because we don’t know the family’s exact make-up just yet, we call them our “Future” families on the sign-up list. By sponsoring a Future Family, you will ensure that we have presents for families we haven’t met yet. In order to preserve the dignity of our families, their full identity will not be revealed.

Winter Wonderland: Winter Wonderland is a toy and gift drive for the families currently residing in shelter. Your donations of unwrapped gifts are displayed in a room away from the children where parents can “shop” in secret, selecting just the right gifts for their kids. Volunteers help wrap the gifts so that they are ready to be delivered on Christmas morning.

Bethany Basics: When a family leaves shelter, they receive a Bethany Basics Basket. This basket contains items that families need to establish their new homes, such as bedding, bathroom supplies, kitchen equipment, cleaning, supplies, and more! Consider adding a Bethany Basic to your gift list.

Please click here to head to Sign Up Genius to choose which initiative you’d like to support. There, you will also find instructions for each program, wish lists, and drop off information. Once you sign up, you will be assigned a Coordinator from Bethany House who will contact you. If you are adopting a family, your coordinator will provide you with the wish list for your specific family.

Drop off location: 4769 Reading Rd. Cincinnati, OH 45237

Drop off dates:
Thursday, December 5 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
Friday, December 6 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
Saturday, December 7 @ 9:30-11:30 am
Thursday, December 12 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
Friday, December 13 @ 5:30-7:30 pm
Saturday, December 14 9:30-11:30 am

Thank you for your consideration and support. If you have any questions, please reach out to Megan Park at 513-407-5143 or mpark@bhsinc.org.