The Daytona Beach Area Association of REALTORS created an "Adopt-A-Child Program" in 1990, and the program began to grow each year. In 2006, the DBAAR formed a separate, wholly-owned subsidiary 501(c)3 corporation to make contributions to the program tax-deductible. In 2011, the program served 14 different agencies and "adopted" over 500 children in the Volusia County area. REALTORS shopped for and filled backpacks with school supplies to help ensure needy children were prepared for the school year.

After years of shopping for, transporting, storing, and ultimately packing the backpacks with supplies, DBAAR elected to raise money and contribute it to schools in our area within the Volusia County public school system through an "Adopt-A-School" program. Modeled after successful private-public school partnerships around the country, DBAAR's Adopt-A-School program selects one or more deserving schools and provides much-needed funds specifically earmarked for classrooms. This impacts more students in the school instead of a few. It also assists the teachers, who often pay for school supplies for their classrooms out-of-pocket. The grant program benefits the educational needs of the students, which is one of the principal goals for which the DBAAR Foundation was created. To ensure the funds are spent appropriately, schools are required to submit an "RFF" or Request for Funds form which outlines the specific use(s) of the funds. Once approved by DBAAR's Member Services Committee and its Board of Directors, money is directed towards the school's needs.

Since revising the Adopt-A-School program in 2011, the program has been able to assist local schools with items such as document cameras, computers, books, calculators, and playground, physical education and music equipment with monetary contributions and fundraising efforts totaling almost $50,000. The program is now open to all East Volusia County public schools.