Be a Santa to a Senior helps homebound seniors during holiday season

Be a Santa to a Senior helps homebound seniors during holiday season 
The Joplin Glove; 11/26/24 
Home Instead Senior Care is offering a chance to play Santa this year to homebound seniors who might be overlooked during the holidays. The Be a Santa to a Senior is a national program with Home Instead, a company that offers services for homebound seniors. These seniors might not have a family member close by or might not be able to travel to see family. Adam Bokker, owner of Home Instead in Joplin, said hundreds of thousands of gifts have been collected and given to seniors nationally during the holiday season over the years. "It's an opportunity for them to have a little gift, a little joy, some companionship even with someone delivering that gift," Bokker said. "We call it Be a Santa to a Senior because our seniors really benefit from having that extra gift, extra companionship when many times they're not able to go see their families."