{"id":7948,"date":"2024-12-03T15:23:25","date_gmt":"2024-12-03T19:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=7948"},"modified":"2024-12-04T10:31:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T14:31:54","slug":"no-humbug-as-santas-for-seniors-queens-county-finds-way-around-postal-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/12\/03\/no-humbug-as-santas-for-seniors-queens-county-finds-way-around-postal-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"No humbug as Santas for Seniors Queens County finds way around postal strike"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Kendra Shot is the organizer of Santas for Seniors Queens County. (Rick Conrad)<\/p><\/div>\n

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UPDATED DEC. 4, 10:30 A.M.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though the Canada Post strike is continuing, the organizer of Santas for Seniors Queens County says seniors will still get their gifts in time for Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n

In previous years, organizer Kendra Shot has mailed out the cards. But this year, she says that she and some other women will hand deliver more than 300 envelopes with gift cards to seniors around Queens County.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to make sure they get out before Christmas because I know a lot of seniors wait for this to help with their Christmas dinners,\u201d Shot told QCCR.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Tuesday, Shot got some great news that somebody wanted to adopt 50 seniors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m feeling very, very happy about it because last year at this time, we had to add another week to get all the seniors adopted and by the looks of it, I\u2019m praying we\u2019ll have everybody adopted by Friday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Later on Tuesday, Shot announced on the Santas for Seniors Facebook group<\/a> that all 337 seniors have been adopted.<\/p>\n

This is the fifth year for the volunteer-led program, which helps low-income people 55 and over celebrate Christmas.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyone could nominate a senior, or seniors could nominate themselves. They gave Shot the person\u2019s full name, age and mailing address. People told Shot what they\u2019d like, whether that\u2019s a gift card for groceries, gas or other goods.<\/span><\/p>\n

All nominees are anonymously posted to the <\/span>Santas for Seniors Queens County Facebook group<\/span><\/a>. And then people adopt as many seniors as they\u2019d like.<\/span><\/p>\n

Donors buy a holiday greeting card and include the requested gift cards. They put a stamp on the front of the envelope and the number of the senior on the back. People can drop them off at three locations in Queens County \u2013 Exit Realty or Route 3 Cellar Taproom and Grill in Liverpool, or Stew\u2019s Corner Convenience and Gas in Greenfield.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the past four years, more than 1,200 seniors in Queens County have been adopted.<\/span><\/p>\n

Shot said despite people feeling the pinch this year, they\u2019ve still found a way to contribute.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve noticed even with the people adopting this year, they can\u2019t do as much as they\u2019ve done in previous years, but they want to help,” Shot says.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis kind of puts a jump start in my step, because I’ve got my Christmas shopping done, my cookies done, my baking, and the presents wrapped. It puts a little fire in me to get up and get going, but now I do get to sit back and relax.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to the audio version of this story below<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/freq_santas4seniorsfolodec324.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  UPDATED DEC. 4, 10:30 A.M. Even though the Canada Post strike is continuing, the organizer of Santas for Seniors Queens County says seniors will still get their gifts in time for Christmas. In previous years, organizer Kendra Shot has mailed out the cards. But this year, she says that she and some other women […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[358,973,107,2671,215,130,39,1643,2630,2618,49,2626,2670,2314],"class_list":["post-7948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community-news","category-news-posts","tag-caledonia","tag-canada-post","tag-christmas","tag-christmas-fundraiser","tag-fundraiser","tag-kendra-shot","tag-liverpool","tag-low-income","tag-low-income-seniors","tag-postal-strike","tag-queens-county","tag-santas-for-seniors-queens-county","tag-sants-for-seniors","tag-seniors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7948"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7954,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7948\/revisions\/7954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}