by Rebecca Bollwitt Sunday, November 1st, 2026 — 9:00am MST
Consider making a meaningful impact on those in our Metro Vancouver community by contributing to these Adopt-a-Family and Holiday Hamper programs.
This is being published very early in the season because Holiday Hampers and Adopt-A-Family programs around Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley have registration deadlines coming up.
Adopt-a-Family, Holiday Hamper Programs in Vancouver
If you are a family, individual, or senior in need of assistance, I have included registration information where available. Some organizations support those they already have relationships with so there may not be an open registration system.
Surrey Christmas Bureau Hampers & Adopt-A-Family
Toy Depot (choose gifts for your children ages 0–18)
Adopt-a-Family Program (be matched with a sponsor who provides gifts and food)
Deadline to register is December 1, 2026 at 5:00pm.
What you provide: A food hamper for Christmas Day that includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as age-appropriate gifts for each child of the family you are matched with. Grocery gift cards can be also be purchased in lieu of the food hamper. You can also virtually sponsor a family, and the organization will take care of the toys and you can sponsor a family’s hamper which supplies holiday meals.
Details: The Surrey Christmas Bureau matches individuals and businesses with a family in need with a child under 18 during the holiday season. View guidelines and complete the sponsor application form.
Covenant House Backpacks & Caring Calendar
Help fill a backpack with kindness, for youth age 16–24. Youth will be gifted these backpacks at their holiday party, or youth in our programs will receive them on December 25. You can also donate directly through Amazon.
Bring holiday cheer to the young people who access our programs and services. Covenant House has a Caring Calendar that provides the youth in our care with an activity or item, each day leading up to the holidays. People and businesses can sign up to contribute to one of the days.
Burnaby Community Services Seniors Hampers
For seniors living with low income in Burnaby:
Burnaby Community Services is no longer offering the Seniors Hamper program. While the program’s need and demand continued to increase, decreased resources – including funding and staffing – have resulted in the discontinuation of the project.
Burnaby Community Services Adopt-a-Family
Deadline to register is November 30, 2026. Your family must live in Burnaby and meet the low-income eligibility criteria or receives income assistance.
Make a one-time or recurring monthly donation
Be a Corporate Sponsor at the Toy Room at Metropolis at Metrotown
Host an Angel Toy Drive for children and youth
Bring New & Unwrapped toys/gifts/books to the Toy Room
2026 dates and location inside Metropolis at Metrotown will be announced soon.
Volunteer to help out in the Toy Room or be a driver to pick up toys from donors and deliver them to the Toy Room in December.
Holiday Hampers and Adopt-A-Family Programs Around Vancouver
Family Services North Shore Sponsor a Family
Starting November 1, 2026, register to create a holiday gift basket filled with presents, grocery gift cards, and festive treats to ensure a family gets what they need and a little something extra to help brighten the holidays.
You can also visit the Christmas Bureau at the Community Hub (in Capilano Mall, 943 Marine Drive, 2nd floor, North Vancouver) to make an in-kind donation. There is a deep and ongoing need for the following items:
Grocery gift cards
New, full-sized, unopened personal care items such as shampoo, conditioner, body wash, toothpaste/toothbrushes, deodorant
New, unwrapped toys
Tween/teen gift cards
CityReach Care Society Boxes of Love
Boxes of Love is an annual event that spreads Christmas joy to vulnerable families in Vancouver, Surrey, and the Tri-Cities offering a day filled with arts, crafts, and festive activities. Each family receives a deluxe Christmas package with gifts, grocery gift cards, and one month of nutritious food support through the Food for Families program.
Register to Volunteer / Donate: For a donation of $200, you can sponsor a family in need. However, all donations in any amount will make a difference towards this cause. They are also looking for volunteers to help make this event a success.
Volunteer opportunities will open in November.
Seniors Services Society of BC
Register to support: Through its Home for the Holidays campaign, Seniors Services Society is looking to provide gift bags for 150 low-income and isolated seniors in New Westminster. Each gift bag ideally to contain approximately $100 worth of small gifts for seniors who have experienced housing precarity. Contact [email protected] if you can volunteer to wrap gifts or make deliveries.
YWCA Presents of Peace
Register to support: When you register as a sponsor, select your budget to purchase gifts and a grocery gift card for a family, the size and number of families you would like to sponsor, and your preferred YWCA program and city of residence of your sponsorship family.
Families and sponsors will be matched beginning November 12th. You will be providing a grocery gift card and fulfilling a personalized family wish list of presents with the option of either buying the items or providing a gift card. Hamper delivery will be in person.
Westcoast Family Centres – Sponsor a Family
Register to support in one of these three ways:
Register by December 4, 2026 then purchase, wrap, and drop off a gift hamper for a local family in need. From hygiene products to toys, to a new winter jacket, no matter the size of your contribution, your donation will help make this holiday season special for a WFC family in need.
Shop the Amazon Wishlist
PLEA Community Services Holiday Hampers
For 2026, PLEA is raising $21,150 to provide 141 holiday hampers for participants in their programs. Each hamper includes groceries, holiday treats, and a grocery gift card, giving recipients the flexibility to purchase the items that best meet their unique needs. Your support can have a direct impact. Every donation helps ease financial pressure during the holiday season, allowing families and youth to focus less on the cost of food and more on celebrating in ways that are meaningful to them.
Deltassist Christmas Programs
Register for support: Low-income Delta families, individuals and seniors are eligible to register for our Christmas programs. Deltassist Christmas programs include Food Hampers and Toy Depot. Register by December 9, 2026.
Register to support: This year Deltassist will be holding the Toy Deport at their North Delta office located at 9097 120 St – by appointment only. They are in need of teen ‘toy’ donations as well as non-perishable food for the hampers. If you are interested in supporting the program please contact the Christmas Coordinator at Deltassist, [email protected].
Storehouse Cloverdale Christmas Hampers
This list will be updated throughout the season. Do you know of additional Adopt-a-Family or Holiday Hamper programs around Metro Vancouver? Please send us a note and we can include it in the list. Thank you!
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