With less than two weeks until Christmas the AFL-CIO Community Service’s Adopt-A-Family program hit a snag in its phone lines.

Penny Adams, Ex. Dir. for the AFL-CIO said Monday that both the agency’s phones and computers went down.

“Things are fixed and we are back up and running full speed,” Adams said.

As of Tuesday morning there were still 268 families in need of adoption through the Christmas assistance program out of 740. That’s a total of 1,053 people.

“What we don’t have is any adopters wanting to help. Normally, we have at least 5 to 10 adopter sheets that we are trying to match families to,” Adams said. “So we really need people to call, email or stop by and pick a family or two. If they would rather, they can donate toys, gifts for teens or adults or household goods to our gift room. We will also gladly accept money to help purchase gift certificates for the families that are not personally selected for adoption.”

With only 12 days until Christmas Adams said they need about 23 families adopted every day to make everyone’s Christmas merry.

For more information on how to adopt call (816) 354-1131 or email [email protected]. The AFL-CIO is located at 1203 N. 6th St. in St. Joseph and is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.