How to Apply

Isolated Seniors Criteria	How to Apply for Agency Collaboration
Gifts For Seniors is designed to serve isolated senior citizens, regardless of income, who have little or no contact with family or friends. Gifts donated to Gifts For Seniors are given to seniors through the Collaborating Agency. Isolated senior citizens receiving a gift must meet this set of criteria: Are 60 years of age and better Are isolated or forgotten - meaning the seniors are not expected to receive any other winter holiday gifts Have little or no positive contact with family or friends and are among the most isolated seniors the agency serves Are clients, residents, patients, participants or parishioners of the collaborating agency Reside in one of these 12 metropolitan counties of Minnesota: Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Nicollet, Ramsey, Rice, Scott, Washington, Wright	Qualifying Agency Criteria: Your agency must provide face-to-face service(s) to isolated senior citizens who meet the criteria listed in the Isolated Seniors Criteria sidebar (on the left side of this page). Your agency must have no or very limited winter holiday gift donations to provide to isolated senior citizens. Your agency must submit registration materials and results through a written reporting process. Your agency must comply with the Accountability and Responsibility Agreement . Your agency must provide authorized staff and/or volunteers to participate in all of the following ways: -Select and pickup donated gifts by appointment at the Internal Operations Center in Roseville in December and/or January on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and/or Fridays, mornings and/or afternoons -Match donated gifts to the isolated seniors’ needs -arrange for the gifts to be personally delivered as a surprise to the isolated seniors from December through March with an attached Gifts For Seniors gift tag.
	If your agency meets the criteria above you may submit your registration here online To submit your registration by mail you may also print, complete and send: Collaborating Agency Registration Mail to: Gifts for Seniors c/o CAPSH 33 Tenth Avenue South Suite 150 Hopkins, MN 55343