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Providing a Christmas
for the Elderly
By
Ashil Kimenker, NBC News
December
6, 2007
This
time of year, a lot of organizations make sure to host fundraisers that
benefit area children to provide them with a memorable Christmas. But
there is a whole other generation that needs just as much help to get into
the holiday spirit.
Who knew a bake sale could do so much?
Denise Watson, Hillcrest Haven Activities
Director: "Every bit of it goes to the residents. I will start Monday
morning and I will start shopping for them."
Around Christmas time, you see the
fundraisers that benefit children everywhere you go. At Hillcrest Haven,
they do what they can for the elderly, because they say too often they go
forgotten.
Denise Watson: "Some of our residents do
not have family and so we kind of go out of our way to make sure that
everybody gets something."
Hillcrest Haven hosts a bake sale every year
and all the proceeds go to the residents' Christmas fund. They bake
goodies like cinnamon rolls, fudge, cookies, breads, and a wide range of
chocolates for a bake sale. Their goal is to make sure the residents know
they aren't forgotten and are cared about.
"I wish you could see their faces. Their
faces light up, smiles, ohh and the oohs and ahhs of the gifts they
get."
Providing holiday spirit one piece of
chocolate at a time.
The bake sale starts Thursday at 9 a.m. up at
Hillcrest Haven. They say they are going to stay open until all the food
is gone.
Other nursing homes in the southeast
Idaho
experience the same thing every year around this time. If you would like
to help or donate, contact your closest nursing home.
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