“Be a Santa to a Senior” is back and The Pas Community Resource Center is encouraging everyone to get involved.

 

Holly Lajambe, TPCRC program coordinator, talks about the program:

 

"We partner with local organizations and we find seniors in the community who are isolated, maybe they can't leave their homes, maybe they don't have families, etcetera.  And we place Santa to that senior. 

 

"So we take donations from the community.  We put them all together in gift bags and then we take them out and we deliver those to those organizations.  And it's done very discreetly and so they know that someone cares about them during the holiday season."

 

The TPCRC relies on contributions from the community to make this possible and you can support by picking a gift idea off their tree this weekend at the Festival of Trees and then providing a gift which will be given to seniors in need discreetly.

 

Those not attending this weekend’s event who want to get involved can contact the TPCRC and gifts for seniors can be dropped off there.

 

Last year the program contributed to over 80 seniors receiving a gift during the holidays.