Local Program Delivers Holiday Spirit to Hamilton Seniors
Hamilton, ON – Nov. 15, 2016 – The holidays are a time to celebrate the joy and warmth of the season with friends and family. In Hamilton the local Home Instead Senior Care® office is inviting the community to celebrate with local seniors who may be alone during the holiday season.
The Home Instead Senior Care office serving Hamilton is helping to facilitate Be a Santa a Senior®, a community program that provides gifts and companionship to seniors who may be isolated from friends or family during the holiday season. The program is made possible through the generous support of Hamilton businesses, nonprofit organizations, retailers, numerous volunteers and members of the community.
“The holidays can be a troubling time for seniors. They may feel the absence or the distance of loved ones,” said Jeremy Grant of the Hamilton Home Instead Senior Care office. “Be a Santa to a Senior provides a ray of hope for many seniors, and it means so much for them to know that people care and value them as members of our community.”
The local Home Instead Senior Care office has partnered with Ancaster Community Services, Catholic Family Services and Lime Ridge Mall to help with gift collection and distribution.
Holiday shoppers are invited to participate in Be a Santa to a Senior by picking up a paper ornament at a participating location. Participating locations will display Be a Santa to a Senior trees from November 15 to December 12, which will be hung with ornaments featuring seniors’ first names and their desired gifts. Holiday shoppers can choose an ornament, buy the requested gift and return it back to the store with the ornament attached. There’s no need to worry about wrapping — community volunteers and program partners will wrap and deliver the gifts to local seniors in time for the holidays.
“Be a Santa to a Senior provides a much-needed boost for seniors who may be isolated, not just through gifts, but through interaction and companionship,” said Grant. “We’re so grateful to have a community that comes together to show our local seniors they are not alone during the holidays.”
Be a Santa to a Senior trees can be found at the following locations:
Lime Ridge Mall, 999 Upper Wentworth St, Hamilton, ON L9A 4X5
Ancaster Community Services, 300 Wilson Street East, Ancaster, ON L9G 2B9
Home Instead Senior Care, 108 George St 2nd floor, Hamilton, ON L8P 1E2
For more information about the program, visit BeaSantatoaSenior.ca or call (905) 521-5500.
Media Coverage
Snap Hamilton: Be A Santa To A Senior Wrapping Party
The "Be a Santa to a Senior" Program in Hamilton
Since 2013 Home Instead Hamilton has been running the Be a Santa to a Senior Program in the Hamilton, Dundas and Ancaster area
About Home Instead Senior Care
Founded in 1994 in Omaha, Nebraska, by Lori and Paul Hogan, the Home Instead Senior Care® network provides personalized care, support and education to help enhance the lives of aging adults and their families. Today, this network is the world's leading provider of in-home care services for seniors, with more than 1,000 independently owned and operated franchises that are estimated to annually provide more than 50 million hours of care throughout the United States and 16 other countries. Local Home Instead Senior Care offices employ approximately 65,000 CAREGiversSM worldwide who provide basic support services that enable seniors to live safely and comfortably in their own homes for as long as possible. The Home Instead Senior Care network strives to partner with each client and his or her family members to help meet that individual’s needs. Services span the care continuum -- from providing companionship and personal care to specialized Alzheimer’s care and hospice support. Also available are family caregiver education and support resources. At Home Instead Senior Care, it’s relationship before task, while striving to provide superior quality service.
