Adopt-a-Family 2024
As a cornerstone of community engagement, RUSH is deeply committed to fostering health and economic prosperity for our West Side neighborhoods. To help ensure that the holiday season brings joy to everyone, the Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement leads the Adopt-a-Family (AAF) program. This initiative connects RUSH employees and partner organizations with families facing financial challenges through collaborations with nonprofits, service agencies, and churches.
Many of the families supported by AAF live well below 200% of the federal poverty line, and some are experiencing homelessness. By participating in this program, we offer meaningful support and essential resources to help alleviate hardships during the holiday season.
RUSH 2024 Adopt-a-Family Applications open on October 21, 2024
How the program works:
- Choose how many individuals you want to support. Families range in size from a single disabled person, parents or single parent, or grandparent with one child, to families with multiple children.
- You will receive the family's wish list, profile and guidelines via email.
- Shop safely for your family until December 13th. All gifts should be individually wrapped and labeled.
- Purchased gifts must be delivered to the RUSH campus (Brennan Pavilion) during Distribution Days in December. The gift delivery details will be provided along with your family profile.
Use the button below to Adopt-a-Family.
Support families another way...
Your ongoing monetary support is greatly appreciated. Every adopted family will receive a box of food along with their gifts. Extending a family's food security is an incredibly important and wonderful way to help us continue to make an impact in the neighborhoods we serve. Donations will also benefit families who were not directly adopted for the holidays.
Use the button below to donate/extend our food security efforts and help make our families' holiday season even more special.
Are you a RUSH employee?
We are also committed to serving our internal RUSH employees, which we define as our first community. RUSH employees who are experiencing hardship during the holiday season have the opportunity to be adopted. To learn more about the Adopt-A-(Rush) Family (AARF) program and how to apply, please contact the Office of Community Health Equity and Engagement at AAF@rush.edu.