SmileMakers Holiday Gift Project: Fulfilling Holiday Wishes for Older and Disabled Adults in Our Community
Our SmileMakers mobilize community support to provide holiday gifts to older and disabled adults in skilled nursing and residential care facilities every year.
Thousands of older adults are isolated and alone, having no family and friends with whom they can share special moments like the holidays.
Our SmileMakers coordinate with our Ombudsmen to provide individually wrapped gifts to thousands of long-term care residents who would otherwise be forgotten.
See our SmileMakers Holiday Project in action: SmileMakers Holiday Video
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Holiday Gifts to Isolated Seniors
Holiday Gifts to Isolated Seniors
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Volunteer Hours
Volunteer Hours
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Volunteers
Volunteers
Because No Senior Should Be Forgotten
- Adopt an Angel Gift Tag. Each Angel Tag includes a specific gift request from an isolated older adult.
Participate in our Holiday Wrap Room. Over a two-week timeframe, we collect and wrap over 5,000 gifts to be delivered throughout Orange County and Riverside County.
- Become a SmileMakers Ambassador. Help coordinate a holiday gift drive with your employer, social group or church.
- Join the SmileMakers Guild. Help us reach out to organizations for donations and participate in the SmileMakers Holiday Gift Project.
- Spread the word. Invite your family and friends to join us.
Donate today. Make a contribution to the Council on Aging to help a senior in need.