LAURINBURG — With the holiday season approaching, Church Community Services is calling on the community to help make Christmas brighter for families in need through its annual Christmas Cheer program.

Christmas Cheer 2025 plans to serve up to 150 families, including more than 360 children, and organizers say adoptive families, churches and businesses are urgently needed to meet that goal. So far, about 80 families have been adopted, according to volunteer Denise Riggins.

“We still have a ways to go … We can certainly use new sponsors,” Riggins said.

The Christmas Cheer program, a long-running initiative of Church Community Services of Scotland County, is designed to provide extra assistance to families with school-aged children who may struggle to afford gifts, warm clothing or holiday

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