How to be a Santa to a Montreal senior this holiday season
Global News
Santa to a Senior MTL has kicked off another year of bringing holiday cheer to 34 Montreal-area residences.
It’s the busiest time of the year for West Island resident Alana Buist Edwards.
For the last four years, the Kirkland mother has been bringing holiday cheer and smiles to hundreds of seniors in the Greater Montreal area.
Santa to a Senior MTL brings gifts to isolated seniors, through the help and generosity of the community.
This year is Edwards’ biggest year yet, with 3,000 seniors at 34 different residences. She and her elves are busy making sure everyone’s wish is fulfilled.
“We have an abundance of tags that need to be taken, but we also have an online shop this year where people can get a tag, instead of going to one of our 12 locations,” said Edwards.
This year, Edwards has trees in 12 locations, all over the city, including Calzone Pizza, Provigo Kirkland and the National Bank in LaSalle and one in Vaudreuil.
The trees are covered in tags with gift requests from seniors living in residences.
This year is also the first year people can get a tag online, through the Santa to a Senior MTL website.
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