AFL-CIO Community Services Agency ~ Saint Joseph Missouri

It’s official. The Adopt-A-Family Christmas Program has gotten all 748 families adopted. It has been a challenging season but all worth the efforts for such won...derful results. If anyone would still like to help the agency is accepting monetary contributions to help offset the costs of the program. Contributions can be made through their website, www.helpmenow.org, by phone at 816.364.1131, mail or in person at 1203 N 6th Street in St Joseph. The agency will be open Christmas Eve from 9 am to 12 noon. The office will be closed and reopen 8 am, Tuesday, December 29. Penny B Adams | Exec Dir, Labor Liaison, CRS | AFL-CIO Community Services Agency | 1203 North 6th St | St Joseph, MO 64501 | P: 816-364-1131 | [email protected] | www.helpmenow.org

The 2020 year is winding down and we have a few steps left: If you are an adopter and you plan to DELIVER TO YOUR FAMILY(ies) please contact them to let them kn...ow you are coming. We are getting many calls from concerned parents who are worried. Please put their minds at ease. If you are an adopter who is DELIVERING TO THE AGENCY, please do that as soon as possible, or call us to make arrangements. We are trying to get gifts delivered to families and need to schedule volunteers to help with this. If you are an adopter who can NO LONGER ADOPT OR CANNOT DELIVER to your family(ies) please contact the agency IMMEDIATELY. We need to get these families taken care of and cannot do so if we do not know they are not being helped. The agency can be reached at 364-1131. Please call us if you are unsure about anything concerning your adopted families.

Approximately 50 families not adopted.

It is always controlled chaos around here this time of year, but I wanted to pause long enough to provide an update on our progress. So far, of the 748 families... (2,434 individuals) who signed up, 433 families (1,215 individuals) have been adopted. We have seen a steady stream of adopters dropping off items for families that have been adopted, but only 10 families have been adopted today. WE NEED ADOPTERS! If you have it in your heart to help this year, we still have many small, medium, and large families, as well as individuals and seniors who could use your help this year. Please call 816-364-1131 and we can get you matched with a family who needs you.

Adopt-A-Family Christmas Deadline to apply for Christmas help approaching The deadline for applying for the Adopt-A-Family Christmas program is quickly approaching. AFL-CIO Community Services will stop accepting applications for the 2020 Christmas season on Tuesday, December 1, at 5 pm. The program’s goal is to serve everyone who needs assistance during the holiday season. It is designed to match needy families and individuals in the area with families, groups and organizatio...ns that are willing to help so everyone can enjoy the Christmas holidays. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the application process has been extremely different for the 2020 program. Applications are available for pick-up or printing through the agency website (www.helpmenow.org); applicants take application pamphlets home to complete and return it NO LATER THAN Tuesday, Dec 1st. Upon return, agency staff will call applicants to complete their application. APPLICATIONS are NOT complete until applicants have heard back from agency staff. Anyone who applies needs to be sure to answer any unknown calls they many receive as it could be agency staff calling to complete their application. Applications can be picked up day or night. There is a distribution box attached to the front of the building next to the main entrance. For any Spanish-speaking individuals, phone applications will be taken by appointment only. Call Maria at 408-796-9512 to make an appointment. When returning their application, applicants are required to bring the $2.00 processing fee. Applicants MUST NOT bring children when dropping off materials for the program. Penny B Adams AFL-CIO Community Services 816-364-1131or 800-365-7724 [email protected] www.helpmenow.org

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