There’s still time to help out families in need here in St. Joe during the Christmas season.

“We learned today that some families had missed the deadline, but as of today, 738 families applied to be adopted,” says Penny Adams of the AFL-CIO Community Services Adopt A Family program.

“Of those 738, we have 416 that are not yet adopted, so we’re going to concentrate, and do our best to get those folks taken care of.”

The program matches up needy families with donors, who supply Christmas gifts in a number of ways.

“If they want to actually look at families and review them, they can give us a call, or email us,” Adams says. “They can choose whether to go shop for them or give gift certificates. They can buy individual gifts while they’re shopping. ”

“If they want to meet the families they can do that, or they can remain anonymous. Or they can give monetary donations.”

You can call AFL-CIO Community Service at (816)364-1131. Or go to their Web site here.