Being the season of giving, a local care giving company doesn’t want one of the city’s most vulnerable populations to be forgotten.
For the second year in a row, the Burnaby chapter of Home Instead Senior Care is asking the public to participate in its Be a Santa to a Senior program.
Folks can drop into the London Drugs on Kingsway (or Kerrisdale, alternatively) and pick one of the “Christmas bulbs” off the store’s tree. The paper-like ornament contains only the first name of a senior in need and a small wish list.
After purchasing a gift or two, shoppers return them to London Drugs, where they’ll be picked up and wrapped up by Instead Senior Care staff on Dec. 16. Gifts will then be delivered between Dec. 19 and 22. The goal is to make sure some 400 seniors have a present under their tree this year.
“It’s a way to brighten the lives of isolated or lonely seniors,” said home care consultant Kim Sibbald. “The family lives far away or maybe they don’t have any family anymore. It can be a hard time to be alone. Seniors quite often get forgotten about.”
Since the program launched, 1.2 million gifts have been given to more than 700,000 across North America.
For more information, visit tinyurl.com/zmhuecm or call 604-432-1139.
