Youth Eastside Services (YES) is looking for companies, community groups and individuals to sponsor kids and their families for its Adopt-a-Family program, which provides economic relief to families by helping them meet their needs during the holidays and throughout the year.

This year, donors can help with more than just holiday gifts by funding a child’s summer camp experience or providing emergency funds to young mothers and their small children. Gifts to help offset costs of uncompensated care will also be accepted as part of Adopt-a-Family.

Sponsors will be given a wish list from their adopted family or individual by Nov. 21 and are asked to give a minimum of one new gift and one article of clothing to each child in a family, as well as a family household gift, such as a vacuum cleaner or kitchen necessities. Gifts must be delivered to the YES office at 999 164th Ave. N.E. in Bellevue by Dec. 13. Gift cards and donations will be accepted any time.

Adopt-a-Family recipients are YES clients who have been identified by a YES counselor and they must meet financial eligibility to be part of the program. Last year, donors assisted more than 150 families, some 500-plus people, making it one of the largest holiday programs on the Eastside. YES is accepting Adopt-a-Family sponsors through Nov. 17. To sponsor a family or to learn about other ways to help, contact Jill Potter at (425) 586-2307 or JillP@YouthEastsideServices.org.

YES offers counseling, outreach and prevention services to youth and families struggling with family violence, anxiety, depression and substance abuse and they serve all kids, regardless of a family’s ability to pay. This year, YES has experienced a 15 percent increase in care for families without insurance, Medicaid or the financial resources to pay for services.