Seasonal & Holidays

Give Gifts To Santa Cruz County Care Home Residents

Care facility residents are often forgotten during the holidays. A Central Coast group wants to change that.

Donations for seniors in Santa Cruz County care facilities will be accepted weekday mornings through Dec. 9.
Donations for seniors in Santa Cruz County care facilities will be accepted weekday mornings through Dec. 9. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)

SANTA CRUZ, CA — Many Santa Cruz County care facility residents don't have loved ones to visit them during the holidays, says the Family Service Agency of the Central Coast. That's why the group is accepting holiday gift donations, weekdays from 9 a.m. to noon, through Dec. 9.

The agency's I-You Venture Holiday Helper program asks that gifts be ready for delivery and marked to indicate gender or size. Suggested gift ideas include slippers, socks, shirts, lap blankets, scarves, stuffed animals, lotions, puzzle books and calendars.

Gifts can be brought to 104 Walnut Ave., Ste. 208. For more information, visit fsa-cc.org or call 831-459-8917, ext. 205 or 208.

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