Gifts for seniors in need being collected

Home Instead Senior Care has teamed up with local community organizations, retailers and volunteers to collect, wrap and deliver gifts to needy or lonely seniors in Lake County. This year's campaign will focus on isolated seniors in nursing homes or in their own homes.

Until Dec. 7, Christmas trees will be up in Sunset Foods in Libertyville and the Community Trust Credit Unions in Grayslake and Gurnee. The trees will feature ornaments with the first names of needy seniors and their gift requests. Holiday shoppers can pick up an ornament, buy items on the list and return them unwrapped to the store with the senior ornament attached.

Home Instead Senior Care will then enlist the help of volunteers to collect, wrap and distribute the gifts.