Stockings for Seniors

Thank you Great Falls Assisted Living and Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care

Toni Reinhart — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:20:05 +0000

Thank you Great Falls Assisted Living and Evercare Hospice and Palliative Care for the wonderful Craft Beer Tasting and Silent Auction for Stockings for Seniors. You raised over $1,000 for Christmas presents for local seniors in need. We are off to a great start.

If you couldn’t make it to the event but would still like to help – there are plenty of ways to give to this great cause.

Monetary donations are always appreciated – every penny goes to seniors in need. Make your check out to Stockings for Seniors and send it to: Comfort Keepers, 459 Herndon Parkway, Suite 5, Herndon, VA 20170. I will send you a thank you letter and receipt (don’t forget to include contact information for me).

You can drop off the items we need at any of the drop off locations listed:

toothbrushes, toothpaste
soap
lotions, powders
shower caps
non-skid socks
mouthwash
combs, brushes
shampoo
shaving cream/razors

Stockings for Seniors – The Beginning

Toni Reinhart — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:22:16 +0000

I’ve been out talking with people about Stockings for Seniors and it’s wonderful to see how enthusiastic everyone is about working with this project. I just wanted to explain a little about how it started and what we are trying to accomplish.

Last Christmas, my mother-in-law, Marlene Leeper was living near us at the Sunrise of McLean. Although Marlene had some diminished capacity due to several strokes, she still needed projects that were meaningful. She was not the bingo type. She needed to be needed. Coincidentally, I am the same way. Nothing excites me more than being needed. I also was looking for a way to make my Christmas more meaningful. I don’t have children and my husband and I don’t need any Christmas presents.

At the same time, I became aware of a need at Cameron Glen. Seniors on Medicaid in Virginia only get $40 a month for their personal needs. That does not go very far. I remembered a project I had done with a service organization where we stuffed Christmas stockings for people in need. I know that made me feel good.

So, I asked Cameron Glen how many stockings they needed and what they needed put on the stockings. Next, I bought the stockings and started asking everyone I knew to help me collect the things we needed: shampoo, soaps, lotions, powders, shower caps, toothpaste, toothbrushes, and socks. When the supplies came in, I took the stockings and the “stuff” over to the Sunrise of McLean and the seniors stuffed the stockings. It was great activity and they were grateful to be doing something meaningful and giving back to their community. We stuffed over 400 stockings last year.

Marlene passed away last February and I miss her terribly. But, this project is living on and I will think of her with each stocking I help stuff.

First Donations of the Season

Toni Reinhart — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:57:15 +0000

We got our first donations last week. I’m happy to see people thinking ahead. We have our first official board meeting since we incorporated Stockings for Seniors as a 501 (c) (3) and have received our Federal EIN. Soon, I’ll open a bank account and get set up to take cash donations. Right now – keep the stuff coming. We have many seniors who want to participate in stuffing the stockings and many seniors in need of the stockings. Email me with questions or suggestions: reston@comfortkeepers.com

Learning to Blog

Toni Reinhart — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:50:06 +0000

Yesterday was an interesting day. Good Interesting. I was asked to blog for the Washington Post. That just came out of the blue for me. Really? I’m still trying to get my thoughts together. Here they are so far: Excited. How cool is that? The Washington Post. It would be great for Comfort Keepers, great for Stockings for Seniors, give me wonderful exposure and really help both my business and my charitable foundation. Well, if anyone actually reads it. Nervous. Can I write well enough that someone would actually read it? I tend to write like I talk, fast, slightly disconnected and little jumbled together. Is that what people want to read?
I’ve pretty much made up my mind that I’m going to do this. So, every day I’ll be blogging a little bit and see how it goes. I certainly have enough going on that I shouldn’t run out of things to write. Wish me luck!

Donation Kickoff Day

Toni Reinhart — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 03:16:31 +0000

Come by your local Comfort Keepers office on Friday, November 26, 2010 from 10am to 4pm for free cookies and cider!

Download the flyer Christmas Cheer from Comfort Keepers 2010 for this event in PDF format.

Welcome to Stockings for Seniors

Toni Reinhart — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 20:10:27 +0000

Help us brighten Christmas for local seniors in need. Drop off the following new items to Comfort Keepers any time between now and December 15 and we will stuff the stockings and deliver them to Hunters Woods Fellowship, Lake Anne Fellowship House, Manor Care of Arlington and other seniors in need.

Toothbrushes, toothpaste
Soap, lotions, powders
Shower caps, socks
Candies
Mouthwash
Combs, brushes, Shampoo