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Be a Santa to a Senior this Holiday Season

Tis the season to be merry and brighten up a local seniors’ holiday through the Be a Santa to a Senior program! Home Instead Senior Care serving Cape Cod is kicking off this year’s program with multiple area Christmas trees, located at:

  • Mayflower Place, 579 Buck Island Road, West Yarmouth
  • Decatur House, 176 Main Street, Sandwich
  • Cape Cod Beer, 1336 Phinneys Lane, Hyannis
  • Good Friends Café, 83 School Street, West Dennis
  • Walgreens, 1040 Forest Road, South Yarmouth
  • Walgreens, 21 South Street, Mashpee
  • Eastern Bank, 375 Iyanough Road, Hyannis
  • Eastern Bank, 65C Route 6A, Sandwich
  • Eastern Bank, 337 Cotuit Road, Sandwich
  • Eastern Bank, 6 Shellback Way, Mashpee
  • Eastern Bank, 3821 Falmouth Road #A, Marstons Mills
  • Eastern Bank, 4 Sandwich Road, Teaticket

To be a Santa to an area senior, stop by any of the locations listed below to select an ornament from the tree. Each ornament will have a gift suggestion, such as slippers or a blanket. Have fun shopping, and return the unwrapped gift in a bag with the ornament to any one of the three area locations by December 6.

Be a Santa to a Senior is an annual holiday gift program developed to brighten the lives of older adults that are alone or financially challenged during the holiday season. Since introducing the Be a Santa to a Senior program, Home Instead Senior Care has helped provide 1.2 million gifts to more than 700,000 seniors in need. Please call (877) 257-3124 for more information or questions, or visit www.beasantatoasenior.com

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