11/21/2025
The Shelby County Adopt-A-Family Program is underway. Applications will be accepted through December 1, 2025.
Families with children ages 18 and under, and seniors ages 65 and older, who reside in Shelby County and are at or below 200% of the federal poverty level or LIHEAP eligible, may apply. Contact Dena at WCCA 712 755-5602 or [email protected].
As the list continues to grow, so does the need for sponsors. To sponsor a family, contact Dena.
Shelby County Adopt-A-Family Holiday Program Family List 2025
Household # Household Description
1 Male-70, Female-67 (Adopted by Grace Baptist Church)
2 Female-69 (Adopted by MMC Community Health Department)
3 Female-17 (Adopted by Shelby County Ambulance Service)
4 Female-9, Male-6, Male-1 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Church)
5 Female-15, Male-13, Female-7 (Adopted by Earling Catholic Daughters Court St. Katherine)
6 Male-16, Male-10, Male-8 (Adopted by Essentia Protein Solutions)
7 Female-11, Female-8, Female-5, Male-10, Male-7, Male-3, Female-2 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Church)
8 Male-11, Male-11, Male-10, Male-9, Female-8, Female-7, Female-6 (Adopted by Grace Baptist Church)
9 Male-12, Male-5 (Adopted by Anonymous)
10 Female-10 (Adopted by Anonymous)
11 Female-14, Female-10 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Church)
12 Male-8, Female-7, Male-3, Male-2 (Adopted by Fresh Encounter Church)
13 Male-13 (Adopted by MMC Community Health Department)
14 Female-6, Male-2 (Adopted by HCHS National Honor Society)
15 Female-6, Male-4 (Adopted by Anonymous)
16 Female-17, Male-13 (Adopted by Harlan Do It Best Hardware)
17 Male-11, Female-8 (Adopted by St. Michael’s Catholic Church)
18 Female-66 (Adopted by St. Michael’s Catholic Church)
19 Male-83 (Adopted by St. Michael’s Catholic Church)
20 Male-8, Male-6, Female-4, Female-3 (Adopted by St. Michael’s Catholic Church)
21 Female-13, Female-12 (Adopted by HCSD Best Buddies)
22 Male-9, Male-8, Female-7, Female-6, Male-1 (Adopted by HGCC Harlan Ladies Golf & Social)
23 Female-12, Female-10 (Adopted by the Jacobsen Family)
24 Male-12, Male-11, Male-8, Male-7, Female-6, Female-6, Male-3 (Adopted by Variety Distributors)
25 Male-9, Male-8, Male-6, Female-5 (Adopted by Milk & Honey)
26 Male-5, Female-4 (Adopted by Shelby County Ambulance Service)
27 Male-16, Male-12, Female-10 (Adopted by HCHS Business Professionals of America)
28 Female-17, Female-9
29 Female-66 (Adopted by Shelby County Gardening Angels)
30 Female-11, Female-10, Male-8, Female-6, Male-18 mos., Female-2 mos. (Adopted by Farm Service Cooperative – Harlan General Office)
31 Male-8, Male-6, Male-5, Female-4 mos. (Adopted by Shelby Trailblazers 4H Group)
32 Male-15, Female-14, Male-4 (Adopted by Anonymous)
33 Male-13, Male-8, Female-4, Male-2
34 Male-7 (Adopted by Shelby County Ambulance Service)
35 Female-14 (Adopted by Anonymous)
36 Female-65 (Adopted by Anthony & Jessi Wade)
37 Male-12, Female-12, Male-5, Male-1
38 Female-66, Male-14
39 Male-13, Female-12, Female-2 (Adopted by The Way Community Church)
40 Male-17, Male-14, Female-10, Male-6
41 Female-4 (Adopted by The Way Community Church)
42 Female-9, Female-7 (Adopted by Anonymous)
43 Female-14, Female-12, Male-11, Female-9, Female-8, Male-2 (Adopted by The Way Community Church)
44 Female-10 (Adopted by Essentia Protein Solutions)
45 Female-17, Male-16, Male-13, Female-12, Female-6 mos.
46 Female-70 (Adopted by Nick Gubbels & Ayden Redmon)
47 Female-10, Male-9
48 Male-14
49 Female-17, Female-12
50 Female-17, Male-12
51 Male-15, Female-13, Male-12, Male-10, Male-6 mos.
