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Secret Santas wanted: one Texas meals team is matching gift-givers with older neighbours

For the 18th year, Fort Bend Seniors Meals on Wheels — the Texas team that delivers meals to older adults across Fort Bend and Waller counties — is running its Secret Santa programme, inviting neighbours, businesses and community groups to make the holidays brighter for the seniors it serves. It is a small, deliberate kind of kindness: for someone living alone, a gift chosen by a stranger who thought of them can become one of the nicest surprises of the season. The team is recruiting this year's Santas now — volunteers and gift-givers alike — through fortbendseniors.org.

The upbeat factoreighteen years of strangers making sure no older neighbour is forgotten at the holidays.
✓ Verified · My Neighborhood News · 2026-10-27 · USA
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