Be a Santa to a Senior Launches 9th Year of Providing Gifts to South Bay Seniors

Be a Santa to a Senior, the popular community outreach program that in 2011 delivered more than 835 gifts to local needy seniors, has launched its 9th season, once again spearheaded by Home Instead Senior Care of Torrance.

Taking place throughout Torrance and the South Bay from November 19^th through December 19th, Be a Santa to a Senior is organized to ensure that low-income seniors get the items they need and want, which in many cases are grocery and pharmacy cards to help with the cost of food and medicine.

Almost 40 South Bay businesses and social service agencies have partnered with Home Instead Senior Care to produce this popular program and much needed program.  

Prior to the holiday season, participating local non-profit organizations identified needy and isolated seniors in the community and provided those names to Home Instead Senior Care.  Christmas trees, which went up week of November 19^th in 20 South Bay locations, including the Del Amo Mall, feature ornaments with seniors’ first names and their respective gift requests. 

Be a Santa to a Senior works as follows:

•Holiday shoppers can pick up ornaments from one of the Christmas trees, buy an item listed on it and return both the unwrapped gift and the ornament to the store.

•Home Instead Senior Care enlists the volunteer help of its staff, senior care business associates, non-profit workers and others to collect, wrap and distribute the gifts.

For more information about the program, visit www.beasantatoasenior.com or call 310-542-0563.

Additional information:

Organizations providing the names of South Bay seniors to Home Instead Senior Care Be a Santa to a Senior outreach program include:

NAME SOURCES

Beach Cities Health District/Redondo Beach

Carson Stroke Center/Carson

Earlwood Care Center/Torrance

Gardena Senior Citizen Center/Gardena

Herald’s Home Health/Long Beach

Inglewood Senior Center/Inglewood

Lomita Family Health/Lomita

PV Health Care Center/Lomita

SAGE House/San Pedro

Salvation Army Torrance/Torrance

South Bay Senior Services/Gardena

Spring Assisted Living/Torrance

THIPA/Torrance  (Torrance Hospital Independent Physician Asso.)

Torrance Care Center/Torrance

Vermont Care Center/Torrance

Villa Sorrento/Torrance

TREE LOCATIONS

Alcoa/Torrance

Bartlett Center (Torrance Senior Center)/Torrance

Beach Cities Health District/Redondo Beach

Cbeyond Communications/Gardena

Curves San Pedro/San Pedro

Curves Torrance/Torrance

Del Amo Mall/Torrance

Remedy Pharm/Torrance

Spectrum Athletic Clubs/El Segundo and Redondo Beach

Torrance American Legion/Torrance

Torrance YMCA/Torrance

Walgreens Torrance/Torrance

Girl Scout Troop #4345/Torrance/Gardena                           

For tree locations in your area or for more information about the program, log on towww.beasantatoasenior.com. 

About Home Instead Senior Care/Torrance

The Home Instead Senior Care/Torrance is part of a network of the world’s largest providers of non-medical in-home care and companionship for seniors.  Providing care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, HISC serves Torrance and the South Bay to Marina Del Rey. For more information visitwww.homeinstead.com/286 or call 310-542-0563.