Aptos Adopt-A-Family: Providing for Families in Times of Hardship

COMMUNITY NEWS Aptos Adopt-A-Family Providing for Families in Times of Hardship

Over the last 28 years Aptos-AdoptA-Family has helping community members with medical catastrophes along with community members who need a little help for the holidays. There are hundreds of stories and thousands of gifts.

It all started with a local businessman in Aptos who was diagnosed with inoperable cancer. As the cancer progressed, he was unable to work or support his family as the holidays approached.

Our community put on a spaghetti feed event and the money collected went to help his family. Patrice Edwards, of Times Publishing Group, Inc., and a friend, worked tirelessly to collect toys, food, clothes, rent money, and more to carry his family through the coming months.

Over the years there have been gifts of wheelchairs, a handicap accessible van, lifts, food, clothes, toys, bikes, rent — gifts that have helped many a family enjoy their holiday with less stress.

This year has been more challenging than others. There are community members who have lost a job, or possibly their home in the fires. Please reach out to your neighbors and friends and find out who might need some help this season. Sometimes people are afraid to ask but will talk to a friend or family member who can refer them to us.

All referrals are confidential.

We connect people who want to adopt, and they provide the family with gifts. They receive a list of the family’s wants and needs, they do the shopping, and then deliver them to our office and we pass them along to the adopted family. We focus primarily on families that are having financial challenges due to a medical catastrophe within their family as well as families who have had a financial crisis.

Our supporters have been tireless in their quest to make sure their adoptive family gets what they need, plus more!

Call us at 831-688-7549 or email cathe@cyber-times.com if you would like to adopt a family or refer a family in need (all is confidential).

If you cannot adopt but would like to support us please send your donation (of any amount) to Aptos Adopt-A-Family c/o Times Publishing Group, Inc., 9601 Soquel Drive, Ste A Aptos, CA 95003. n