Adopt-A-Senior in Wilmington 2025

Are you looking for a way to give back this holiday season? If so, I have the perfect idea for you and your family and it impacts seniors right here in our community. If you aren’t able to help Adopt-A-Senior, please know facilities welcome families to stop by and visit residents – simply call before you stop by.

Yes, I’d love to Adopt-A-Senior

We are beyond excited to have you participate in this year’s Adopt-a-Senior program. Your decision to spread joy and love to a local senior during the holiday season is truly heartwarming. These seniors often go without visitors or gifts, so your involvement makes a world of difference in bringing holiday cheer to their lives.

As you prepare to adopt a senior, remember that this act of kindness means so much more than just a gift, it shows someone that they are seen, valued, and remembered during the holiday season.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions along the way! Thank you again for your generosity. Together, we can make this holiday season brighter for our senior community!

History

In 2022, WilmingtonMom partnered up with local care facilities to provide a little Christmas spirit for participants in need. Our list for Elderhaus participants were claimed in under 48 hours in 2022 and in just 2 hours the last two years. We were able to brighten the lives of 105 elderly in 2022 and 77 in 2023, 162 in 2024 in our area and now look forward to this each year. The directors of each facility always express such gratitude for thinking of the seniors they work with throughout the year.

How to Sign-Up

Please visit the links below to Adopt-A-Senior at one of the participating facilities. You will be able to see their name, gender, wish list and can sign-up using your name, email and phone number.

A few reminders:

• No candy as some are diabetic or have swallowing precautions. If they list sweets, cookies or soft sweets are acceptable. Nothing homemade, please.
• Feel free to include a card and special note and photos of your family! A return address is also sweet as some love to send thank you cards. If you wish, please include your address as many would love to send a thank you card for your thoughtfulness.
• Please no baked goods or food items (unless requested) as most have specialized diets.
• Gift wrap is strongly encouraged! The same wrapping paper will help care worker quickly identify whose gifts belong together. Also, please write their name and last initials on the outside of each gift on the top right of EACH gift.

Autumn Care of Myrtle Grove – FULL!

Wrapping + Drop off Details 

Please Drop-Off Items before December 18, 2025

• Wrapping: Please wrap all presents in the same wrapping paper + include their Number on each package. Feel free to include a card and special note and photos of your family! A return address is also sweet as some love to send thank you cards.
• Our address is 5725 Carolina Beach Road, Wilmington, NC 28412 we are open Monday- Sunday 7:30am-6pm. Please drop off at front desk

Cypress Pointe Rehabilitation Center – FULL!

Please refrain from buying clothing with buckles, snaps, clips or buttons.
Gift Guide Ideas:

• Music: Any kind of personal headset for entertainment is preferred since not everyone has the same taste in music. This affords each Residents the ability to listen to what they want and not be intrusive to room mates. 
• Starbucks – Those who have this written there frequent the Starbucks because they can walk there independently and it affords them the chance to get out of the center. 
• Soda : A few say sundrop and that is their beverage of choice, the rest prefer Pepsi. Yes they can have it, we just do not supply it because there is no nutritional value. 
• Walmart: Residents get out at least once a month to stroll through Walmart. They are on fixed allowance as Medicaid recipients at $30.00 a month so those $5.00 and $10.00 gift cards make big differences to them.

Please drop-off all items before December 17, 2025

Drop-Off Directions

Please drop-off items at Cypress Point Health and Rehab
2006 S 16th St, Wilmington, NC 28401

Elderhaus PACE – FULL!

Elderhaus is an adult day service in Wilmington, NC that helps seniors in our community live independently, while also receiving assistance where needed.

Wrapping + Drop off Details 

Please Drop-Off Items between December 10 – December 17, 2025

• Wrapping: Please wrap all presents in the same wrapping paper + include their name (first and last initial) on each package. Feel free to include a card and special note and photos of your family! A return address is also sweet as some love to send thank you cards.
• Elderhaus (newest looking building)
  1320 N College Rd, Wilmington, NC
• Monday – Friday; 8 AM – 5PM 
• Please ring the door bell & the receptionist will take all gifts.  Emergency Phone is 704-609-2316.

If you know of any other care facilities in our area that could benefit, please send an email to wilmingtonmomnc@gmail.com.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you!