Sponsor a Family Program

The Department of Human Resources administers the annual Sponsor a Family Program. The program offers members of the university community an opportunity to offer assistance to Georgetown families in need during the holiday season. Sponsor a Family is one of the many programs by which the Georgetown Community evinces the university’s Jesuit values.
The Sponsor a Family Program is entirely confidential. No identifying information will be shared with sponsors or sponsored families.
How it Works
- Members of the GU community can recommend a Georgetown colleague to be a program recipient or offer to sponsor a Georgetown family by completing this online form no later than Friday, November 19.
- HR will assign families to sponsoring individuals and departments. Sponsors will be provided with a list of the families’ needs as well as age, gender, and relevant clothing size information for each sponsored family member.
- Sponsors can elect to do one or more of the following: collect wrapped gifts or gift cards for the family members, purchase a gift online and have it delivered to the collection site, or email a gift card to the HR Department.
- Sponsors will deliver gifts for their sponsored family through a contactless drop-off at the Department of Human Resources Office. (information below). You will select your drop-off time via email once your sponsorship is confirmed.
- HR staff will convey the gifts to the sponsored families.
Important Dates: 2021
- November 19: Deadline to nominate families
- December 1: Deadline to apply as sponsor participant
- December 16: Deadline for sponsors to deliver gifts to:
- Department of Human Resources
2115 Wisconsin Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20007
(Drop off gifts to our monitored donation bin in front of the building.)
- Department of Human Resources
- December 17-21: Gifts delivered
“There is no better exercise for your heart than reaching down and helping to lift someone up.”
– Bernard Meltzer