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Assistant Director Tracey Alvino who lost her father Daniel to COVID he acquired in a local facility said, “Operation Christmas Senior started back in 2020. We all lost loved ones and wanted to bless a senior in a nursing home who desperately needed love and happiness. It was the way we honored our loved ones’ deaths. It was so successful, we have continued our mission and have blessed thousands of senior citizens with Holiday gifts the last three years and are looking forward to doing it again this year.”
Of the collection, Assemblyman DeStefano who sits on the Aging Committee in Albany said, “Far too often, our senior citizens are forgotten and it’s especially true during the Holiday season. These gifts are distributed to our older friends who reside in nursing homes and are most in need.”
Suggested gifts can be found on the organization’s website, Voicesforseniors.com and can be sent or brought to Assemblyman DeStefano’s office from now until December 13th.
Alvino continued, “I cannot express enough how grateful Voices For Seniors is to Assemblyman DeStefano and his staff for helping us to honor our lost loved ones.”