Traceway Retirement Community kicks off Adopt a Grandparent for Christmas

TUPELO, Miss. – Traceway Retirement Community in tupelo is kicking off their inaugural adopt a grandparent for Christmas community event.

What started as a thing between coworkers, sparked an idea to expand the holiday joy. Sales & Marketing director at Traceway Miranda Young was one of the workers that brought the idea up and made it a reality.

“We do Secret Santa in the office just amongst coworkers,” said Young. “And we were like, ‘why can’t we do Secret Santa with the elders?’ We have so many elders on campus that maybe don’t have family near and dear here, and some that are here without family. So, we thought, why not reach up to the community to see if they would like to be a secret Santa to our elders?”

Traceway is opening the secret Santa festivities to locals, calling it ‘adopt a grandparent’. So far, the response to Adopt a Grandparent has been great, as many have called wanting to give to multiple residents. A wish list has been made, and not only are individuals wanting to shop for gifts, but some have also requested to sit down and spend time with the residents.

“The response has been amazing,” said Young. “We are just so excited and the amount of people that have called, and I’ve said, ‘do you want just one or male or a female?’ And they’re like, no, give us five. So, I had a lady this morning call and they wanted to adopt 10 elders and be secret Santas to them. So, we’re so excited for that.”

For anyone wanting to adopt a grandparent, you can reach out to Miranda Young at (662)432-1707.