Stocking Stuffers for Seniors supports elders in the Edmonton region during the holidays

It’s an effort to bring a spot of other cheer to seniors during the vacation season.

The Operation Friendship Seniors Society’s (OFSS) 10th yearly Stocking Stuffers for Seniors programme is back.

“Last year, we were capable to assistance implicit 5,000 seniors successful the Edmonton and surrounding country get a acquisition astatine Christmas time,” said Jimmy Morrison, the assemblage relations manager for OFSS.

Seniors capable retired privation database tags, which are past made disposable connected Christmas trees wrong London Drugs stores crossed the region.

Shoppers tin drawback a tag, bargain the items, and past bring the new, non-gift-wrapped items (along with the acquisition tag) to the store’s lawsuit work antagonistic by Dec. 8.

“One lady, 1 year, asked for a friend,” Morrison said.

He added astir seniors don’t inquire for extravagant things — successful fact, caller slippers are often 1 of the most-requested gifts.

The program started with the anticipation of helping 40 seniors surviving astatine inner-city facilities tally by Operation Friendship Seniors’ Society.

It has grown tremendously: successful 2017, Stocking Stuffers for Seniors expanded beyond Edmonton to each London Drugs stores successful Canada, providing gifts for tens of thousands of seniors.

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— With files from Karen Bartko, Global News