The holiday season brings with it the tradition of sharing and caring for others. The ElderHelp Holiday Angels Program was created several years ago to assure seniors living alone, without families, frail and homebound, received a friendly holiday visitor bearing a gift or food basket. For many it is the first gift they have received in years, others have no one to visit them at this special time of year.

Holiday Angels is supported by community donors - individuals, families, corporations, service organizations and employee groups that create gift baskets, purchase grocery gift certificates or special gifts the senior needs, but cannot afford. Gifts are delivered throughout the holidays by volunteers and staff, and most recently, by UPS drivers who, with their families, deliver truckloads of presents, holiday trees and plants.

The thank you letters from grateful seniors are heartwarming. The eldest senior receiving gifts this year was 103 and the depth of her appreciation was heartwarming. One senior who only had his dog to celebrate with, was overjoyed to receive a large basket filled with gifts and treats and his 4 legged friend was remembered with a basket too! Many gift recipients said it was the best holiday they had had in years. Those volunteers who donated or delivered gifts felt the holiday spirit as they did something special and brought happiness to lonely homebound seniors.

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Thank you to all the generous 2004 holiday angels!

Anne Bailey	Marilee Bankert	Marquerita Bardsley	Melissa Barrad
BD Biosciences, Pharmingen	Christopher Bertics & Lynda Kay Chandler	Jennifer Bleakley	Ms. Adele Block
Louise Bon-Heenan	Charles Bowie	Julie & Jame Buechler	Lillian Capesius
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