Senior’s Santa Stocking Program- Dufferin County

12/30/2025

Pictures are just starting to come in from our sponsored gifts and stockings. These are some of the sponsored gifts from Community Living. Your gifts made some of our seniors very happy. They were all smiles and full of gratitude ❤️
(Permission was given to share pictures)

12/23/2025

12/23/2025

A friend of mine did this story and I’m sure you’ll all love it. It stars her miniature pony. Thank you for the Christmas cheer Cory! 🤶

✨ How to Enjoy This Story This experience is designed to be enjoyed two ways, together: Open the digital storybook (PDF) and read along page by page Play Maple’s narrated videos while following the story Many families choose to: read together with children let Maple narrate while pages are turne...

12/22/2025

One of our seniors only asked for a visit from a wee elf for Christmas. She did not want the gifts or stockings but instead the joy of company. Thank you to sweet little Mia for a wonderful and appreciated visit.

If you know of a senior who may benefit from an elf visit please let me know. I will do my best to bring that holiday cheer.

12/18/2025

I have spent the last week hand delivering the sponsored gifts. There were so many tears and hugs of appreciation along the way. To all my incredible sponsors not only have you warmed my heart but you have brought so much joy to so many. We have the very BEST sponsors year after year. Stay tuned there will be more pictures. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your generous gifts, they really were beautiful! Merry Christmas everyone! 🤶 🌲 ❄️ 🎁

12/18/2025

Please do NOT drop off any more donations. We stopped collecting for stockings December 5th and for sponsored gifts on December 12th. All homes had to have the donations in last week in order to sort through and organize based on the residents needs and restrictions. Although we truly appreciate the generosity we simply cannot accept anything else at this time.
Thank you and Merry Christmas!
Julie & Lorie

12/16/2025

A letter sent to me by Family Transition Place for our donation this year. To all who stuff stockings and donate year after we can’t thank you enough, unless you do what we do or the work of these homes you don’t honestly realize how many seniors and people in need there really is. In saying this the biggest thanks goes out to our wonderful community who support us in helping to give so many a Christmas they may otherwise not have. This means a lot to be able to run this program year after year and without all if you thst simply wouldn’t happen. Merry Christmas everyone! 🤶

12/13/2025

The year is not complete without a delivery to the Avalon Retirement Centre and Avalon Retirement Lodge. I couldn’t get all the donations and stockings into the pictures but stay tuned I’m promised pictures of those smiles on Christmas Day!

12/13/2025

I was able to donate to Family Transition Place as well, Lorie the Mens Shelter. Thank you to both for the work they also do for our community including many seniors.

12/13/2025

When I say I absolutely LOVE what I do this wonderful lady Ester at Lord Dufferin Centre Retirement Residence is a huge part of that. We have been working together year after year for 14 years and she loves the smiles on the seniors faces just as much as I do. Not only did I get my yearly hug from her but the sweetest resident gave me one also and thanked me (and all of you) for her favourite thing at Christmas, her stocking! I may have shed a few tears when I left today 🤶❤️