Hundreds of families get help for Christmas

For some local residents the size of the Christmas package is not as important as the kind gesture of those who will make their holiday season one to remember.

With more than 600 families signed up for the Samaritan Center's Adopt-A -Family program, the need for holiday gifts has increased by 50 families.

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Lucas Scheidt, right, assists Janet Samson as she drops off coats, sweaters and purses to the Samaritan Center for a donation. (Julie Smith/News Tribune photo)