Donated gifts provide holiday cheer to local seniors
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| The name tags and collection box at the Juke Box Dine |
When it comes to holiday shopping, let’s not forget
the older folks shut away in assisted living facilities. Home Instead Senior Care, the Annandale-based franchise that provides in-home services to the
elderly, makes it easy with its Be a Santa to a Senior program.
Home Instead has “adopted” the residents of five
local senior communities: Lincolnia Senior Apartments, Sleepy Hollow Manor, Morris Glen, Commonwealth, and Mount Vernon House, says Amy Podboy
Reynolds, recruitment and retention coordinator.
local senior communities: Lincolnia Senior Apartments, Sleepy Hollow Manor, Morris Glen, Commonwealth, and Mount Vernon House, says Amy Podboy
Reynolds, recruitment and retention coordinator.
There are collection points around the area where
people can pick up tags with the name of a senior and his or her gift request
and drop off presents for them at the same location. In the Annandale area, you
can pick up the names of seniors on a Christmas tree in the back room of the Juke Box Diner and in baskets of ornaments at Smith & Clarkson Deli in the
Ravensworth Shopping Center and Curves for Women at the Barcroft Shopping Center.
people can pick up tags with the name of a senior and his or her gift request
and drop off presents for them at the same location. In the Annandale area, you
can pick up the names of seniors on a Christmas tree in the back room of the Juke Box Diner and in baskets of ornaments at Smith & Clarkson Deli in the
Ravensworth Shopping Center and Curves for Women at the Barcroft Shopping Center.
Home Instead will collect all the gifts Dec. 14. The public is invited to a wrapping party at Ossian Hall at the Annandale Fire Station at 7128 Columbia Pike on Dec. 18, 5-8 p.m. The event features a performance by Elvis tribute artist Lionel Ward. and food donated by Giant, Domino’s Pizza, and Chik-fil-A. Home Instead staff and volunteers will distribute the gifts on Dec. 21.
