‍ ‍ Because children are not just a moment - they are a lifetime investment.
Every act of kindness, every need met, and every child and family supported can make a difference that reaches far beyond today.
More Than A Season
What began with A Wish for Christmas in 2013 has grown into year-round support for children and families throughout the Blue Water area and surrounding communities.
Today, Blue Water Wish for Kids provides year-round support through programs including A Wish for Christmas, Emergency Family Support, Blessing Essentials, Back-to-School Support, and Building Strong Families.
Our work is local, community-powered, and centered on helping families through immediate challenges while supporting greater stability for the future.
đź’™ Established 2013
Serving local families for over a decade.
đź’™ Registered 501(c)(3)
Community-supported nonprofit organization.
đź’™ Year-Round Support
Programs that extend beyond the holiday season.
đź’™ Community Powered
Made possible through donors, adopters, volunteers, and local partners.
🎄 A Wish for Christmas 2026
‍ ‍ ‍The Christmas season is underway, and A Wish for Christmas 2026 is bringing our community together to make Christmas possible for local children and families!
We still have families waiting to be adopted! Many of the families we're serving have multiple children, and we're looking for individuals, businesses, churches, and community groups willing to help fulfill their Christmas wishes.
Our work goes beyond family adoptions. Blue Water Wish for Kids also adopts families directly, purchases gifts, and helps fulfill wishes that remain unmet and when those last minute emergency situations arise, we’re there to step in. Our Amazon Wish Lists and Walmart Registry feature Christmas wishes from children and teens we're serving this year.
Donations of new, unwrapped toys, gifts, and monetary contributions are especially important as well. They help us fulfill unadopted families, remaining wishes, welcome additional eligible families, and respond to last-minute situations and referrals from community organizations and families facing unexpected hardships.
Our Christmas Funding Goal: $5,500
Funding Received: $1,299
Whether you adopt a family, purchase gifts from our wish lists, donate new toys and gifts, or contribute financially, your generosity helps us reach more children.
Every family adoption, every gift, and every donation makes a difference! 💙🎄 ‍
Support That Meets Families Where They Are
Every family’s situation is different, and so is the support they may need. Blue Water Wish for Kids provides individualized assistance to children and families throughout the Blue Water area and surrounding communities through programs designed to respond to a variety of needs throughout the year.
📦 Blessing Essentials
Everyday household, personal-care, baby, child, and family essentials based on current needs and available resources.
🎒 Back-to-School Support
Clothing and other school-year essentials to help local children start the school year prepared and confident.
đź‘ś Emergency Family Support
Case-by-case assistance with urgent needs such as rent, utilities, and other critical household expenses for families who do not qualify for, have exhausted, or are unable to receive assistance through other available resources.
🎄 A Wish for Christmas
Providing Christmas gifts and holiday support to local children and families through community giving, adoption, and direct BWWFK assistance.
🌱 Building Strong Families
Programs and opportunities designed to strengthen families through connection, encouragement, resources, and community support.
Our Mission In Action
Stocked Through Community Support
Helping Families Get Settled
Back - To - School Ready
Making Christmas Wishes Come True
Hope Looks Different for Every Family
Sometimes hope looks like having the lights stay on.
Sometimes it’s a box of household essentials when money is stretched too thin.
Sometimes it’s clothing a child needs, help getting through an unexpected hardship, or knowing Christmas will still come for your kids.At Blue Water Wish for Kids, we believe every family’s situation is different. We start by seeing the need in front of us and responding with compassion, dignity, and meaningful support.
We may not be able to solve every challenge a family faces, but we can help make the next step a little more manageable and remind families that their community is beside them.