Senior Helpers Delivers Valentine's Day Cards to Johnson County Seniors

Caregiving company spreads love to elderly residents through handmade card initiative.

Published on Feb. 12, 2026

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Senior Helpers, a private caregiving company in Overland Park, Kansas, is helping spread love to senior citizens this Valentine's Day through a heartwarming card making initiative. The organization will deliver hundreds of handmade cards on Friday to Johnson County's elderly residents living alone in assisted living communities, memory care units, and senior living neighborhoods.

Why it matters

The card making project aims to address the serious issue of isolation affecting many seniors. Senior Helpers caregiver Terry Stewart Sutton, who has personal experience with loneliness, understands the impact care and simple gestures can have on elderly residents who may be homebound and alone.

The details

Volunteers, including students from Lakewood Middle School, put their art skills to work creating the cards. The children's contributions, with messages like "I love you more than chicken nuggets" and "I love you more than my video games," are expected to especially touch the recipients. Senior Helpers' sales and marketing director Kathi Spray said the initiative is "curing loneliness one card at a time."

  • Senior Helpers will deliver the cards on Friday, February 14, 2026 - Valentine's Day.

The players

Terry Stewart Sutton

A Senior Helpers caregiver who has personal experience with loneliness and understands the impact care and simple gestures can have on isolated seniors.

Kathi Spray

The sales and marketing director at Senior Helpers, who explained the initiative is "curing loneliness one card at a time."

Lakewood Middle School

Students from this school contributed handmade cards to the Senior Helpers initiative.

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What they’re saying

“Valentine's ain't for lovers. I never looked at it that way.”

— Terry Stewart Sutton, Senior Helpers Caregiver

“When we're down, it just feels like our world just tumbles. I was down for a couple years.”

— Terry Stewart Sutton, Senior Helpers Caregiver

“They open these cards and they see they care about me. I have a friend. I have someone that is really letting me know that I'm not alone in this world.”

— Terry Stewart Sutton, Senior Helpers Caregiver

“We're curing loneliness one card at a time.”

— Kathi Spray, Senior Helpers Sales and Marketing Director

“Cards that are just so innocently written, like 'I love you more than chicken nuggets', 'I love you more than my video games.' The very simple, basic ones, I think, are the ones that touch them the most, because it's coming from a pure place, from children.”

— Kathi Spray, Senior Helpers Sales and Marketing Director

What’s next

Senior Helpers plans to deliver the handmade Valentine's Day cards to Johnson County seniors on Friday, February 14, 2026.

The takeaway

This initiative by Senior Helpers highlights the importance of addressing loneliness and isolation among the elderly, especially during holidays focused on connection and community. The simple act of delivering handmade cards from volunteers and schoolchildren can make a meaningful difference in the lives of seniors who may be homebound and alone.