Santa To Seniors

A community gift drive that brings Santa to seniors in long term care homes who don’t have families. Organized by Region of Waterloo Paramedics 🚑🎅🏼

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Hey there 👋 It’s been a while. We are getting ready for our 2024 season! Stay tuned!

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A beautiful moment as Elf Gabby reads a Christmas card to one of our oldest kids -a centenarian- on this year’s Wish List! 🫶

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…Santa looked softly into her eyes and said, “Yes, it’s yours to keep”. Needless to say, she was grateful that someone thought to give her something for Christmas. Thank you to her gifter for fulfilling her Christmas wish list year 🎅🏼❤️

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Patricia rounded the corner and was surprised to see Santa & his elves waiting for her. When we handed her gift over, she remarked, “For me?” To which Santa replied, “Yes, this is for you!” When she saw her newly gifted blanket, her eyes began to water & asked, “Can I keep that?”

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Paramedic Services brought Santa to seniors yesterday at Sunnyside Home Long-Term Care! 🎅

This program has been bringing gifts to seniors in need for the past 12 years. Thanks to community donations, this year they gave gifts to 182 seniors across Waterloo Region. 🎁

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Santa’s ambu-sleigh loaded for Day 2 of deliveries to 3 more nursing homes in Kitchener & Cambridge! 🎁🎁🎁

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Santa and his elves brought gifts and some Christmas magic to seniors in 3 nursing homes today! Thank you to our community for your donations 🎅🏼❤️

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Some pictures today from our day at @FoodBankWatReg Happy to help out such a terrific organization that does such great work for our community.

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Santa’s ambu-sleigh loaded for our first delivery! 🚑💨

#regionofwaterloo #herecomessantaclaus 🎅🏼

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Last minute gifts have made it into the gift bags and we are ready to deliver! Over the next 2 days, Santa & elves will be making visits to 6 nursing homes to deliver gifts to the 182 seniors on this year’s Wish List! Thank you to everyone who gave this year!🎅🏼❤️

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Our Wish List event is happening right now! Head on over to our Facebook page to pick your senior! https://t.co/uQrUM5yJHt

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Thank you for inviting us to share our story and our mission, and for supporting our project!
#communitypartners #givingback #spreadingjoy

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A nice note from one of the long term care homes. We could not have done this without the support of our generous community. Thank YOU! 💕

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That’s a wrap! This year, we delivered personalized gifts to 176 seniors in 7 nursing homes plus gift items for another 150 LTC residents. We made face-to-face visits with +100 seniors in 4 nursing homes which we weren’t able to do since 2019! Thank you & Merry Christmas! 🎅🏼🎁

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We made our final delivery to Golden Years Nursing Home yesterday. 15 bagged gifts and 8 boxes of goodies for their seniors to enjoy on Christmas Day. Thank you to our friends at @StuffInStocking for supplying us with some extra bulk items to share with the seniors in this home.

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Some photos from our delivery day! One of the most common and heartwarming responses we get from these seniors is, “For me?” They are genuinely surprised that someone thought to get them something for Christmas. So on their behalf, “thank you”…it means more than you know. 🎅🏼❤️

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We make a good entrance! Dropping off gifts to seniors at Forest Heights LTC! 🎅🏼🎁✨

#santatoseniors #community

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The ambu-sleigh is loaded for our first visit! 🚑🎅🏼🎁