Seniors need gifts too
Staff Writer
2008-11-23
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During the holiday season, kids are sought out by non profits more then any other group to receive help. In today's times, another group needs help too. The group is Seniors. As people age, their income's don't keep up with inflation if they have not prepared or have been in the humble part of their society for most of their life. Senior may also out live most of their relatives or just lose contact and , their resources may have become drained because of some illness.
Well, Be a Santa to Seniors is the theme for Home Instead Senior Care. During the past four years, the campaign's 63,460 volunteers have distributed more than 930,000 gifts to 568,055 seniors "While children are the beneficiaries of many holiday programs, people often don't think about the isolated and lonely seniors who need to be remembered as well during this season," said Home Instead Senior Care Co-Founder Lori Hogan. "Be a Santa to a Senior also is designed to help stimulate human contact and social interaction for older adults who are unlikely to have guests during the holidays."
Holiday shoppers can pick up an ornament, buy items on the list and return them unwrapped to the store, along with the ornament attached. Home Instead Senior Care then enlists the volunteer help of its staff, senior-care business associates, non-profit workers and others to collect, wrap and distribute the gifts to these seniors. Citywide gift-wrapping day, when hundreds of the presents will be wrapped, are scheduled in many communities.