Year 7 students at Westholme School in Blackburn have ‘adopted a grandparent’ for National Grandparent Day on 4 October.
The year group at the independent school will be delivering pamper hampers and hand written cards to the residents at Springfield Care Home on Preston New Road, to show they care.
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions the residents at the care home, part of the Four Seasons Health Care Group, have been on lockdown and unable to have visits from friends or relatives over the last few months.
So, to show they care, the school has launched the ‘adopt a grandparent’ campaign and will be delivering the gifts a few days before the event so they can be quarantined.
Head of Year 7, Louise Cowan, from Westholme School, said: “We realise it has been a tough six months and with the home still on lockdown, we want to show that we care.
“Our Infant children have loved performing small carol concerts for the residents in the past and we wanted to show?
that all the young people and staff here at Westholme School are thinking about them and our wider community during these difficult times.
Over recent months we have tried to support the community as many ways as possible – providing meals to disadvantaged young people, drinks for paramedics, and PPE for frontline workers – so when this idea was suggested we jumped at the chance. We only wish we could be there on the day to see their faces.”
Lynn Weller, Manager of Springfield Care Home, thanked the school for their thoughtful gesture.
She said: “It’s lovely for the residents to be able to see how much they are being thought about by the wider community with gestures such as these hampers. They have found it difficult not being able to have the usual visits from their family and friends, but the gifts and handwritten notes from these students do make a big difference in lifting spirits.
“We have seen a fantastic display of support from the local community throughout the COVID pandemic and are very grateful for their support.”