Adoptions / Adopt-A-Senior
Christmas for those who came before us
Adopt‑A‑Senior
Adopt a New Jersey senior, 65 or older, and make their complete wish list come true. Many seniors spend the season quietly on a fixed income. Your gifts tell them they are remembered.
Who this program serves
Adopt-A-Senior is one of our three new programs, part of Operation Holiday at Home®. It was created because seniors 65 and older were losing out, competing for spots against younger applicants who move faster online. This program gives them a lane of their own.
Households are one or two people, both living at the same address shown on their ID. The same honesty rules apply as in all our programs, including random full verification, and seniors who need a hand with the application can get extra help from our team.
One household may be listed in only one program: Adopt-A-Family, Adopt-A-Senior or Adopt-A-Veteran.
What you'll see in every profile
Each senior is listed by an ID number. You'll see their story, their town, their household size, any health conditions they chose to share, and a wish list for every person with their clothing and shoe sizes.
Names, street addresses and photos are never posted. When you adopt, we send you the details you need to shop and deliver, privately, by email.
Retired and living alone on a fixed income, he would love a warm and cheerful Christmas this year...
- City
- Your Town, NJ 07000
- County
- Bergen
- Household size
- 1
- Health conditions
- None reported
Your Part
What sponsoring means, start to finish.
The complete wish list
When you adopt, you pledge to buy every gift on the wish list. Checkout is $0. It is a pledge, not a charge. Groups and offices are welcome to divide one list among their members.
Gift cards are welcome. Cash and jewelry are not part of any wish list.
Getting the gifts home
You choose how the gifts arrive. Most sponsors ship them by US Postal Service, FedEx or UPS. Others deliver in person, at the senior's home, or arrange a visit from Santa.
For everyone's privacy, gifts are never picked up at a sponsor's office. We follow every adoption until delivery is confirmed.
Ready to adopt?
Read their stories in the Adopt-A-Senior store and choose who you'd like to adopt.
Sponsors choose who they adopt. Operation Holiday® does not.
For applicants: seeing your ID marked as adopted is not the final word. In rare cases a sponsor cannot follow through because of health or money. An adoption is final only when you receive an email from Operation Holiday®, sent after we have confirmed with your sponsor.