BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — Christmas came early to the seniors at Carrington Place nursing home in Daleville. Bill Price is the founder of Sirens and Salutes, a local charity who helps out local veterans, but he also has built a reputation for dressing up like Santa Claus.
He, along with Mrs. Claus, the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, made a surprise appearance Tuesday morning at the dining room, and helped deliver presents and holiday cheer.
Although all the seniors in attendance got presents, Sirens and Salutes specifically helps veterans, and Price wanted to make sure the 24 veterans in Carrington Place got to experience a merry Christmas.
“They’ve been very thankful, they’ve been saying, ‘Thank you for doing this, God bless you and merry Christmas,’ a lot of things that they don’t get to say to their families because they might not be around here for the holidays,” he said. “It’s nice that they appreciate it, but it’s more our honor to be able to do it for them.”
Price is a veteran himself, and he founded the Sirens and Salutes Charity back in April of 2021.