Age Friendly Louth delivers Christmas cheer across the county

There was lots of Christmas spirit in evidence last week as members of Louth County Council’s Community team packed and prepared over 300 Christmas bags and cards for distribution to older and vulnerable people throughout the county. Each Christmas bag was filled with sweets, treats and seasonal goodies.

The initiative was supported by members of Louth Older People’s Council (OPC) and community partners including Meals on Wheels, An Garda Síochána and The Alzheimer Society of Ireland - The Birches Dundalk, who collected and helped distribute the bags to older and vulnerable people across the county.

Louth Libraries also played an important role, delivering Christmas bags to users of the Library Housebound Service and to those attending The Memory Café in Dundalk and Drogheda Libraries.

Age Friendly Louth Programme Manager, Sinead McVerry, stated: “The delivery of the Age Friendly Christmas bags is an opportunity for an older person to get a card and a present, but most importantly it is an opportunity to have someone call to them and check in with them at this time of year.

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“Age Friendly Louth is aware that Christmas can be a difficult time for some older people and in this small way we hope that they feel connected this Christmas.”

^{Below: Pauline Gaskin and Susan Dunne, from The Birches Dundalk, collecting Christmas bags from Louth County Council’s Community team for distribution}