The holidays are a time to celebrate the joy and warmth of the season with friends and family. In Easton, the local Home Instead Senior Care® office is inviting the community to celebrate with local seniors who may be alone during the holiday season.
Employees and community volunteers that help with the Be a Santa to a Senior program. From L to R: Gordy Tucker, Gail Schuman (Home Instead employee), Susan Luby, Jane Bateman (Home Instead employee) and Cindy Wagner.
The Home Instead Senior Care office serving the Easton area is helping to facilitate Be a Santa to 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 local 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 Jennifer Marchi, co-owner of the Easton 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.”
Partners at Shore United Bank, who are hosting trees in four of their branch locations. From L to R: Brenda Wooden, Sandie Kenton, Diane Vita and Don Morriss.
The local Home Instead Senior Care office has partnered with over a dozen local organizations to help with gift collection and distribution.
“We are excited to have so many other organizations in the community supporting our fifth year of Be a Santa to a Senior,” said Marchi. “Last year, we brightened the holidays for 300 seniors in the community, and we look forward to making a difference again this holiday season.”
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 Nov. 2 to Dec. 2, 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 Ben Marchi, fellow co-owner of the Home Instead Senior Care office in Easton.“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:
• Hill’s Pharmacy, 503 Cynwood Avenue, Easton
• Mid-Atlantic Tire, 8105 Teal Drive, Easton
• Morgan Stanley, 28601 Marlboro Avenue, Easton
• Bayleigh Chase Manor, 501 Dutchman’s Lane, Easton
• Lewis Auto Body, 8672 Brooks Drive, Easton
• Eglseder Wealth Management, 8694 Commerce Drive, Easton
• Shore United Bank, 212 Marlboro Avenue, Easton
• Shore United Bank, 8275 Elliott Road, Easton
• Shore United Bank,18 Dover Street, Easton
• Shore United Bank, 1013 S. Talbot Street, St. Michaels
• Provident State Bank, 321 Main Street, Preston
• Provident State Bank, 8133 Elliott Road, Easton
• Denton Pharmacy, 508 S. 5th Street, Denton
• Craig’s Drug Store, 409 Race Street, Cambridge
• St. Michaels YMCA, S. Talbot Street, St. Michaels
• St. Michaels Hair Salon, 933 S. Talbot Street, St. Michaels
• Grasonville Senior Center, 4802 Main Street, Grasonville
• Sudlersville Senior Center, 605 Foxxtown Drive, Sudlersville
• Kent Island Senior Center, 891 Love Point Road, Stevensville
For more information about the program, visit BeaSantatoaSenior.com or call 410-822-1230.
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 12 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.
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