Be A ‘Holiday Angel’ For A Local Senior Citizen

FORSYTH COUNTY, GA — Forsyth County Senior Services invites residents to participate in the 2020 Holiday Gift Angels and Home Delivered Meals Holiday Gift Certificate Programs throughout the holiday season.

Holiday Gift Angels Program: Personalized gift request tags containing the name of a local senior
citizen as well as a gift idea are available for participants.

To become a holiday gift angel:

1. Pick up a gift request tag for a local senior citizen at any of the three Forsyth County Senior Services locations. Participants can also request a gift tag by contacting Senior Services at 770-781-2178 or by emailing seniorservices@forsythco.com.
2. Acquire a gift. Each gift request tag lists the name of a local senior citizen along with a gift idea for him/her.
3. Bring the unwrapped gift (or contact Senior Services for safe ways to donate) – in a gift bag with the gift request tag attached (or route number) – to any of the three Forsyth County Senior Services locations during business hours by Dec. 1.

Home-Delivered Meals Holiday Gift Certificate Program: Participants can give the gift of a
nutritious meal, friendly visit and safety check to a local home bound senior. Meals purchased with a holiday gift certificate through Forsyth County Senior Services will be delivered through the Meals on Wheels program.

Those interested in purchasing a holiday gift certificate may choose to provide meals for a day, week, month or year. The cost for a meal certificate is $4 for one day, $20 for one week, $85 for one month and $1,000 for an entire year.

Checks should be made payable to Forsyth County Senior Services Holiday Meal Certificate Program and may be mailed or delivered to:

Forsyth County Senior Services
Attn: Holiday Meal Certificate Program
7305 Lanier Drive
Cumming, GA 30041

All meals delivered from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day will include a special certificate from the
meal provider with a holiday message for the recipient. Senior Services has set a goal of delivering
3,500 meals to local senior citizens this holiday season. In 2019, community members purchased
over 3,000 holiday meals for homebound older adults.

For additional information on both holiday programs, call Forsyth County Senior Services at 770-781-2178 or visit forsythco.com/seniors.