Niagara Region · Since 2018

Christmas joy for the seniors who need it most.

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.

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Winner of the 2023 Niagara Impact Award

Christmas stockings filled and arranged, ready to be delivered to Niagara seniors
4,000
stockings delivered in 2025
2018
bringing joy since
65+
volunteer Elves
2023
Niagara Impact Award winner

How it works

A small gift becomes a delivered moment of joy

Whether you fill a stocking yourself or give so our Elves can, every gift follows the same path to a senior who needs it.

  1. 01

    Give a stocking or $25

    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.

  2. 02

    Elves shop and assemble

    Our volunteer Elves sort, fill, and label every stocking HIS, HERS, or UNISEX at Elf Headquarters in Port Dalhousie.

  3. 03

    Delivered to a senior

    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

Three ways to make a senior's Christmas

Donate online

Make a secure online gift in minutes. Every donation fills a stocking for a senior who would otherwise be forgotten.

Donate now

Fill a stocking

Buy a stocking from the Dollar Store, fill it with warm items, treats, or toiletries, and drop it off near you. You can help for $25 or less.

How it works

Find a drop-off

Drop a filled stocking in St. Catharines, Port Dalhousie, Grimsby, or Beamsville, or use our pickup service in St. Catharines.

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Announcements

The latest from Elf Headquarters

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October 27, 2026

Extra Halloween Candy? Sweeten the Holidays for a senior in need!

Our elves are collecting unopened Halloween treats, especially chocolate bars or individually wrapped candies, to help fill holiday stockings and spread a little extra joy this season. Every donation, big or small, can help make someone's holiday a little sweeter.

October 27, 2026

Headquarters in Port Dalhousie!

19 Main Street…..opening Monday November 16th, the Elves will be there waiting for your stockings! Can’t wait to see you!

Volunteer Elves and seniors together holding hand-knitted teddy bears

Our story

It started with 60 stockings and a simple belief

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.
Janice Ford-Spencer, Founder
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From the community

Thousands of stockings, one neighbour at a time

Volunteers filling rows of red and green stockings at a long table
Volunteer Elves filling stockings at Elf Headquarters.
Filled stockings and gift bags staged on the floor ready to go out
Filled stockings and gift bags staged for delivery.
Dozens of delivered stockings gathered under a decorated Christmas tree
Delivered stockings waiting under the tree for local seniors.

In partnership with

Stockings of Love works alongside trusted community organizations who help identify isolated seniors and deliver stockings across the Niagara Region.

  • Meals on Wheels
  • Community Care
  • March of Dimes
  • Niagara Regional Housing

Proudly supported by

  • Mayor Sisco's SCORE Fund (St. Catharines Outreach & Engagement)

Make sure no senior spends Christmas forgotten

For about $25, a filled stocking tells a senior in our community that they are seen, remembered, and loved this holiday season.

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