Niagara Region · Since 2018
Each Christmas, Stockings of Love hand-delivers thousands of filled stockings to isolated and long-term-care seniors across the Niagara Region. For about $25, you can make sure someone is remembered.
Winner of the 2023 Niagara Impact Award
How it works
Whether you fill a stocking yourself or give so our Elves can, every gift follows the same path to a senior who needs it.
Fill a stocking with small gifts for a senior, or donate $25 by e-transfer and our Elves will shop and stuff one on your behalf.
Our volunteer Elves sort, fill, and label every stocking His, Hers, or Unisex at Elf Headquarters.
Working with local partners, we hand-deliver each stocking to long-term-care homes and seniors who are alone in our community.
Ways to help
Make a secure online gift in minutes. Every donation fills a stocking for a senior who would otherwise be forgotten.
Donate nowBuy a stocking, fill it with thoughtful gifts and goodies, and drop it at a location near you. About $25 or less.
How it worksDrop a filled stocking at any of our convenient locations across the Niagara Region.
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August 10, 2026
A very special Thank You to the Boudreau family that run the Golden Horseshoe Hockey School in St. Catharines for a generous donation of a big box of chocolates for our 2026 Stockings of Love campaign. The chocolates will be stored in a cold place until we’re ready to distribute in December. Such a beautiful gesture….many thanks.
Our story
Founder Janice Ford-Spencer saw how lonely the holidays can be for seniors with no family nearby. Holiday giving so often centres on children, she noticed, while older adults are quietly forgotten. In 2018 she filled about 60 stockings. Today, with President Patricia Tudor and more than 65 volunteer Elves, the program reaches thousands.
I'm really trying to reach every lonely senior there is in Niagara.
From the community
In partnership with
Stockings of Love works alongside trusted community organizations who help identify isolated seniors and deliver stockings across the Niagara Region.
Proudly supported by
For about $25, a filled stocking tells a senior in our community that they are seen, remembered, and loved this holiday season.