- December 4, 2025
Faye Neff opens her Christmas present, a nutcracker. Photo by Sierra Williams
The Be a Santa to a Senior event at the Church on the Rock senior center. Photo by Sierra Williams
Louise McGuire, Luz Inchautequi, Cheryl Futch and Catherine Johnson at Be a Santa to a Senior. Photo by Sierra Williams
Louise McGuire in a Christmas tree costume. Photo by Sierra Williams
Luz Inchautegui dressed as a Christmas tree for the Be a Santa to a Senior event. Photo by Sierra Williams
Ora McGuire, Bonnie Thompson, Norma Ramirez and Shirley Zummo at the Church on the Rock senior center. Photo by Sierra Williams
Erna Smith shows off her brand new slippers. Photo by Sierra Williams
From left to right: Laura Lavelle, Dominga Robinson, Kathleen Rivera, Maria Marques, Holly Agustin and Winnie Costello, the women from Home Instead and Flagler County Social Services who organized the event. Photo by Sierra Williams
Dominga Robinson hands out presents to the seniors at the Church on the Rock senior center. Photo by Sierra Williams
Jen Baker, David and Silvia Rosenthal and Sandy Peters at the Be a Santa to a Senior lunch at the Church on the Rock senior center. Photo by Sierra Williams
Norma Ramirez holds up her gift from the Be a Santa to a Senior program. Photo by Sierra Williams
Seniors in Flagler County’s social services programs have received Christmas gifts through the Be a Santa to a Senior program.
Consultant Kathleen Rivera said the event is a company-wide program hosted by Home Instead, a national company that offers in-home care for seniors. The Flagler County Social Services teamed up with Home Instead to hand out presents to seniors at the Church on the Rock’s senior center on Dec. 15.
Flagler County Social Services also served lunch and cookies to the seniors who attended. Program manager Winnie Costello said the program handed out gifts to seniors in all of the county’s social service programs, including Meals on Wheels recipients and those in the county’s adult day care program.
The county placed the seniors’ wish list items on Christmas trees at businesses throughout the county, and local residents bought the gifts, Rivera said.
