Santa for seniors program

One in five of our senior neighbors live alone, and almost half of all seniors report feeling lonely on a regular basis.

The seniors in our community have lived rich, full lives, yet their experience and knowledge often go underappreciated. The Santa for Seniors program works to reverse that.

Our program reignites the joy of the holidays, honoring and recognizing our seniors as vital members of our community. We work with community partners to bring meaningful gifts to the seniors who need it most—those experiencing isolation.

Santa for Seniors distributes gifts to fixed income, isolated, or homebound seniors throughout the Puget Sound region. Due to the challenges of COVD, some of our volunteer opportunities have temporarily changed. Other ways you can help are:. Please call us at or email santaforseniors lcsnw. Santa for Seniors relies on people like you to help share the spirit of the holidays with our senior neighbors. Santa for Seniors relies on a robust network of partners to reach as many isolated seniors as possible.

Santa for Seniors started with the vision of William Looney. He took it upon himself to change that, and he and his wife Trudy began dressing up as Santa and Mrs. Claus to pass out gifts to those residents. When Bill Looney passed in , his family created the William A. Our program kicked off in by gifting seniors in Pierce County. Subscribe to our Daily Headlines newsletter. Sign up! Already a Subscriber? Sign in. Terms of Service Privacy Policy.

Back to homepage. Subscriber Login. Please subscribe to keep reading. You can cancel at any time. Edit Close. Become a Member. Read Today's E-edition. Log In. My Membership. Share This. How can we improve? Please give an overall site rating:. Privacy Statement. Opens in a new window Opens an external site Opens an external site in a new window. Participating local businesses and retail stores then place christmas trees and ornaments within their stores. Each senior's gift request is written on a Be a Santa to a Senior tree ornament such as, 'A size 9 pair of slippers for Mary.

Volunteers wishing to purchase gifts for seniors during the holidays remove an ornament from a tree, purchase the requested gift written on the ornament and then hand the gift back to participating store.