Annual Christmas Adoption program enters final week

    REGIONAL – The annual Christmas adoption list has grown to 136 families desiring “adoption,” and potential donors should contact West Central Community Action soon.
    Calls are being taken Monday-Friday from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. or 2-4:30 p.m., for persons wishing to be adopted or to adopt a family. Contact West Central Community Action and ask for Dena Matthews or the Christmas adoption program.
    One day has been designated for people who have adopted families to drop the gifts off at the West Central office, that being Monday, Dec. 21 from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.  There will be three days for families who have been adopted to pick up their gifts.  Those dates are Monday-Wednesday, December 21-23 (office closes early on the 24th, Christmas Eve).  Families will be called as soon as their gifts are ready for pick-up.
    Following is the fifth list of the holiday season:
1)    Female - 40, female -18.
2)    Male - 55, male - 53, female - 53, male - 12, male - 7, male - 5.
4)    Male - 43, female - 40, female - 18.
10)    Female - 57, male - 16.
17)    Male - 60, female - 40, male - 18, female - 15.
18)    Male - 43, female - 43, female - 16.
20)    Female - 52, female - 36, male - 9.
28)    Male - 51, male - 18, male - 12.
48)    Male - 38, female - 36, female - 15, female - 14.
49)    Female - 41, female - 18, female - 14, male - 11, male - 10, male - 6, female - 7 mos. (Adopted by High School Baptist Youth Fellowship).
52)    Female - 40, female - 18, female - 7.
57)    Female - 37, male - 36, male - 17, male - 14, female - 13.
58)    Male - 39, female - 38, female - 16, male - 14 (Adopted in memory of Donna Stuhr).
61)    Male - 13, male - 10 (Adopted by Boy Scouts Troop 90).
65)    Female - 24, male - 21, female - 7, female - 3, male - 2 (Adopted in memory of Donna Stuhr).
66)    Male - 29, female - 20, female - 1 (Adopted by Anonymous).
68)    Male - 13, male - 13.
69)    Female - 36, male - 16, male - 9, female - 8 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Fellowship Awana Program).
70)    Male - 41, female - 37, male - 17, male - 15, male - 13, female - 10.
74)    Male - 47, female - 43, male - 18, male - 16, female - 3, female - 2.
75)    Male - 46, female - 3.
79)    Male - 32, female - 29, female - 6, male - 5, female - 2.
80)    Female - 58, male - 50, male - 16.
81)    Female - 45, male - 40, female - 22, female - 3.
82)    Female - 51, male - 17.
86)    Female - 29, male - 10, male - 8, male - 7 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Fellowship Awana Program).
87)    Female - 38, female - 18, female - 15, male - 11.
88)    Female - 49, female - 10.
89)    Female - 28, female - 11, female - 8, female - 3 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Fellowship Awana Program).
90)    Female - 32, male - 28, male - 13, male - 7 (Adopted by Shelby County 4-H Youth Council).
91)    Female - 28, male - 1 (Adopted by Shelby County Rural Letter Carriers).
93)    Male - 35, female - 34, male - 7.
95)    Female - 40, male - 16, male - 12.
96)    Male - 34, female - 24, female - 13, male - 12, male - 20 mos., female - 20 mos. (Adopted by Counsel)
98)    Female - 39, male - 12, female - 10.
99)    Male - 7, male - 5, male - 3, male - 1 (Adopted by Harlan Fire Department members).
103)    Female - 35, male - 33, male - 17.
104)    Male - 28, female - 27, male - 4.
105)    Female - 27, female - 6, male - 4, male - 2 (Adopted by HCHS BPA).
106)    Female - 7, male - 5, female - 2 (Adopted by New Park Coffee).
107)    Female - 48, female - 16.
108)    Female - 43, male - 11, male - 10.
109)    Female - 54, male - 13.
110)    Male - 53, female - 50, female - 26, male - 16.
111)    Male - 18, female - 12, male - 10.
112)    Male - 18, male - 16, female - 13, female - 5.
113)    Male - 4, male - 3 (Adopted by Mary Patten).
114)    Male - 43, female - 40, male - 21, male - 18.
115)    Female - 51, female - 18.
116)    Female - 34, female - 9.
117)    Female - 57, female - 25, female - 4, male - 2 (Adopted by Anonymous).
118)    Female - 75 (Adopted by Anonymous).
119)    Female - 16, female - 14, male - 13, male - 8, male - 2, female - 1 mo. (Adopted by HCES).
120)    Female - 38, male - 14, female - 7 mos.
121)    Female - 30, male - 12, male - 7, male - 5, female - 4 (Adopted by HCES).
122)    Female - 49, male - 10.
123)    Female - 33, male - 11, female - 8, male - 3 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Fellowship Awana Program).
124)    Male - 58, female - 57, male - 26, female - 24, female - 1, female - newborn (Adopted by HCES).
125)    Female - 23, female - 2, female - newborn (Adopted by HCES).
126)    Male - 30, female - 2.
127)    Male - 39, female - 38, male - 17, male - 12.
128)    Female - 40, female - 13.
129)    Male - 7, female - 2 (Adopted by Anonymous).
130)    Male - 43, male - 13, female - 11.
131)    Female - 72.
132)    Female - 5, female - 16 mos.
133)    Female - 17, female - 14, female - 5, female - 4.
134)    Male - 29, female - 27, female -7, female - 4.
135)    Female - 27, female - 23, male - 8, female - 4.
136)    Female - 6, male - 3.