Be Santa To A Senior provides gifts to nursing home residents

Southern Bancorp is collecting gifts for area nursing home residents who do not have visitors during the holidays.

The program, Be A Santa To A Senior, is in its third year.

“Most nursing home residents have no visitors at all even at the holidays,” Southern Bancorp’s LaRay White said. “Individuals or area groups can ‘adopt’ a senior by picking as many ornaments from the trees as they would like. We have trees set up at each Southern Bancorp branch in Blytheville, Gosnell and Manila. They then return the items along with the ornament to be delivered to Blytheville, Gosnell and Manila nursing home residents. Last year we collected donations for over 200 residents. Southern Bancorp employees personally deliver the gifts, sing carols and read to the residents.”

For more information please contact White at 780-1116.