London Drugs - Stocking Stuffers for Seniors

With the support of our customers, since 2017 you’ve helped to bring joy to more than 75,000 low-income seniors across Western Canada. Watch a delivery from last year to see the positive impact you help make possible. Your help is still needed as there are tags remaining or not yet returned. We’ve extended the program to December 14th to allow the remaining tags to be supported and dropped off at the customer service desk of our local London Drugs store locations.

Video Courtesy of Global News Edmonton

Stocking Stuffers for Seniors 2023!

Stocking Stuffers for Seniors is back for 2023 at all London Drugs locations across Western Canada. This has been another challenging year with the economy and COVD-19 variants, but especially continues to be difficult for our seniors. We know the effect of this is significant and we want our seniors to know we care, and we are thinking of them. Stocking Stuffers for Seniors program partners with local care homes and charities with a mission to bring more holiday cheer to seniors, in all the communities we serve.

The Stocking Stuffers for Seniors campaign brings extra holiday cheer to seniors across our communities! Your donated items don’t need to be purchased from a London Drugs store — any new, non-gift wrapped item is accepted. Please be sure to check the signage beside the Christmas Tree in your local London Drugs store, to see exactly where your gifts are going. We will also have information on the signage from the care home on how they would like to manage the gifts. You still may see very specific instructions or timelines to quarantine gifts before Christmas. We will be tailoring the giving to the needs and wants of each partnered care home.

The Stocking Stuffers for Seniors program has been extended until Thursday, December 14th.

* some exceptions apply- contact your local store for details


Exciting New Additions to the 2023 Campaign:

LDExtras has partnered with Stocking Stuffers for Seniors! Customers can collect 1000 LDExtras bonus points when they bring their Stocking Stuffers for Seniors Tag and the gift back to customer service between November 12th and November 30th. We are also offering 500 bonus points in our extended drop-off period that runs from December 1st to December 8th. (One per customer per transaction) This is a thank you to all our customers for participating in this program to ensure our seniors have a wonderful Christmas Season. For more details, please see customer service in store.

How Do I Support Stocking Stuffers for Seniors?

1. Visit your local London Drugs store, and head over to the store’s Christmas Tree for a Stocking Stuffers for Seniors gift tag. Each tag contains a wish list from a local senior, or a general “wish list” from a participating local care home or charitable partner organization. This year you may also see very specific needs required by the care home. The poster next to the tree should explain each care home’s safety concerns or any modified requests.

2. Simply purchase or bring new, non-gift-wrapped items, * along with the gift tag, to the store’s Customer Service Counter by the delivery date. For even more Christmas cheer, you’re welcome to include a personalized Christmas Card with your gift.

3. Our London Drugs stores will ensure your gifts are delivered to the local care homes and charitable partner organizations.

Spread the Christmas cheer, stay updated, and see how your gifts are making the Christmas season a bit brighter for seniors in your community! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: Tag us at #StockingStuffersForSeniors #LondonDrugs #BelieveInBetter

How Did Stocking Stuffers for Seniors Start?

The Stocking Stuffers for Seniors campaign began in 2015, with one store location providing help for 500 inner city seniors. The campaign quickly caught on, growing in 2016 to multiple store locations helping more than 2,000 seniors in their communities. In 2017, Stocking Stuffers for Seniors went chain wide across all stores, in all locations — and with incredible support from all our communities, London Drugs has donated gifts to more than 75,000 seniors so far. In 2023, London Drugs is excited to offer the Stocking Stuffers for Seniors campaign chain wide once again.

FAQ

Q: Are all London Drugs locations participating in Stocking Stuffers for Seniors?
A: Yes! Stocking Stuffers for Seniors is a chain-wide campaign. Please note that each London Drugs store is running the campaign a bit differently, based on their local partnering organization’s needs.

Q: How is London Drugs maintaining COVID-19 safety measures during this campaign?
A: Each London Drugs location is working with their specific campaign partner to ensure the campaign meets their safety requirements and COVID-19 requirements.

Q: Why are some tags personalized for a specific senior, while some are not?
A: Each London Drugs store is running a campaign that is most suited to their needs of their care home partner — whether the gift tags are personalized or generic, all donated gifts are still going to low-income seniors in your local community! Gift tags may not be personalized for the following reasons:

  • Some of our stores’ local partnering organizations have privacy policies that don’t allow them to release personal information, which means not all stores are able to display personalized gift tags on donated items.
  • Residents of care home partners providing a very high level of care, aren’t always able to clearly communicate what they wish to personally receive. In such situations, our stores develop a “desired item list” (e.g. toothpaste, shaving cream, socks, mittens, blankets, cookies) with the care home managers, and use generic tags for those items so that all residents benefit equally from the donated gifts.
  • Our stores continue to collect donations throughout the campaign even after a local partner organization’s “wish list” has been met. These additional gifts are provided with generic tags and are sent to other London Drugs stores that may need more donations to fulfill their local partner care home or organization’s requests — or are donated to other charitable organizations at the end of the campaign.
  • Due to Covid-19 many of our care home partners will have different requests this year to ensure the safety of their residents. This includes adjustments to the gift requests, or in some cases, no personalized gifts at all. Each London Drugs location will work with their partner organization to run their campaign to meet their partner’s needs and safety requirements. The signage next to the tree will outline the safety steps that have been put in place, and any specific program changes for that store.

Q: I took a tag from a tree but will not be donating a gift after all. What do I do?
A: If you took a wish list from a store Christmas Tree but will not be donating a gift, please return the tag to the Customer Service counter at the same store, so someone else can fulfill the donation instead.

Q: When do I need to deliver the gift back to the store?
A: Each store has a different delivery date, based on the needs of their local care home or organization partner. To find out when you need to deliver your gift, please check the sign next to the Christmas Tree in your local London Drugs store or inquire with the store manager.

Q: Can I make a gift to donate, and gift wrap it?
A: At this time, we cannot accept handmade items. Please also ensure all donated gifts are not gift wrapped.

Please know London Drugs will never reach out by phone, to solicit donations on behalf of our program, Stocking Stuffers for Seniors. The method of participating in the program and how we collect gifts for our seniors is straightforward and simple. Customers can visit your local London Drugs store, pick up a holiday wish list tag from the Christmas tree, provide the gift to the store which we will distribute to the senior’s care home. Never should anyone meet someone outside of the store environment or respond by phone to a request for donations with regards to Stocking Stuffers for Seniors. If you have any questions you are welcome to speak with our in-store customer service representatives.