State and County Partner Up to Grant Christmas Wishlists forOlder Adults
Author: internet - Published 2019-12-22 06:00:00 PM - (284 Reads)In New Mexico, the Bernalillo County Department of Health Services has partnered with the State's Aging and Long Term Services Department to adopt 17 seniors this Christmas, KOB-TV 4 reports. Many of the seniors asked not for new clothes or the latest high-tech gadgets, but for such necessities as toiletries and pet food so they can use their disposable income on gifts for their loved ones. Bernice Dorroh was key in helping to plan a recent party at the Rio Bravo Senior Center in preparation for the seniors' holiday surprises. She remarks, "That little bit of help helps everyone getting somebody else they wish they could get a little bit more than what they can give."