All 866 families in the AFL-CIO Adopt-a-Family program will have a Christmas this year.

The last family was adopted Tuesday by an 82-year-old lady from Tennessee who was visiting family in St. Joseph according to AFL-CIO Community Services Dir. Penny Adams.

“We still had plenty of families left by Monday that we didn’t know would get adopted,” said Adams. “This week we had a lot of people come in and start adopting.”

Adams said that out of the 866 families there were a total of 2784 individuals who will have a Christmas this year all made possible by 437 adopters and numerous other donations.

“It’s like my shoulders don’t hurt any longer,” said Adams. “I know you hear this every year from us but if you’re in our shoes we just never know if everyone will get adopted.”

Adams said it had been fairly slow until this week when many adopters started coming in.

With everyone adopted, the AFL-CIO plans to close its door by noon Christmas Eve.