The Austin Police Department needs volunteers to help with their Operation Blue Santa program.

Operation Blue Santa provides gifts and food for families at Christmas. The first year, the program reached 20 people -- now 3,800 families receive assistance from it according to APD.

They need people to wrap presents at the program's headquarters on the following days:

• November 26 to December 7, from noon to 9 p.m.
• December 1, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• December 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

They said they will also need help packaging items for families December 10 to 14, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Deliveries will take place December 15, and volunteers can help with those as well.