By MATT PIKE
St. Joseph Post
There are only a few days left until Christmas and AFL-CIO Community Services is looking for more help in its Adopt a Family program.
Executive Director Nicki Seckinger says that there are still quite a few families left to adopt, but the community has come out strong and that number is slowly dwindling down.
"We have 106 families right now that we are still working on, but we do have some pending, and we have about 10 of them that are, I don't want to say in limbo cause we know what's going to happen to them, we've got an adopter that has them waiting and they're probably going to be taking those as well," Seckinger tells KFEQ/St. Joseph Post. "So we've broke the under 100 mark at this point."
Seckinger is still hopeful that all families will get adopted, or at the least be able to get something from AFL-CIO's gift store before Christmas.
Seckinger says that the concern level that so many families will go un-adopted has gone down slightly, and it's been encouraging to see how many people are coming in to help the less fortunate
"As busy as we've been today, it motivates us a lot, makes use feel a little bit more secure in the fact that other people are also pretty motivated and concerned and wanting to make sure that things are taken care of," Seckinger says.
Seckinger says aside from coming in and adopting a family, people can also donate money to help fill AFL-CIO's gift store, or help them provide gift cards so families can get things they want.
Seckinger says right now a big concern is not having the funds to provide those gift cards to families to shop at the AFL-CIO gift store. Seckinger says she understands the time crunch and stress that comes this close to Christmas, and says there is an even easier way to assist Adopt a Family
"It's almost easier if they want to make the financial donation so that we can go ahead and just provide those families with gift cards and let them take care of it themselves," Seckinger says. "And just have that assuredness of knowing that things are taken care of for their families."
Seckinger says at a time where AFL-CIO has seen more families than usual needing help this close to Christmas, her and her coworkers have been encouraged by the amount of people stepping up to help.
For more information on how you can help Adopt a Family, you can click HERE.