Area students worked to “Spread the Joy” to nursing home residents with a Christmas card shower earlier this month. There’s still time to participate.
Students from Iola, Humboldt and Moran made cards to send to area nursing homes and assisted living facilities, which have restricted visitors for much of the past year because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Students at Humboldt and Iola middle schools created cards to send to the residents, organized with the help of the Allen County Multi-Agency Team.
Marmaton Valley High School’s KAY Club had already planned a similar event for the Veterans Administration in Topeka, and Moran’s 4-Hers were doing a similar project at Moran Manor.
ACMAT also worked with local merchants to create gift bags for nursing home and assisted living residents.
“Holidays are already trying times for some, with COVID-19 it’s just making things even harder to find that holiday spirit and we wanted to bring more of the holiday spirit out of our amazing community,” said Jessica McGinnis, Drug-Free Community Coordinator for ACMAT and the Southeast Kansas Mental Health Center.
Cards can be sent to Heartland Meadows at 1727 Oregon Road, Iola KS 66749; Windsor Place, 600 E. Garfield St., Iola; Greystone Assisted Living, 2620 N. Kentucky St., Iola; Arrowood Lane Assisted Living, 615 Franklin St., Humboldt KS 66748; and Moran Manor, 3940 U.S. 54, Moran KS 66755.
