Jennifer Urbanek is bringing a mugful of joy to seniors this holiday season.
The owner of The Hungry Cupcake coffee and tea shop in West Deer is donating Christmas coffee mugs packed with tea, hot chocolate mix, candy, lip balm, socks and stuffed animal key chains to older residents at assisted living facilities in Allegheny County.
A former art therapy teacher for area nursing homes, Urbanek said the holidays are already difficult for seniors in such facilities. Those difficulties have only been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic.
“They’re very isolated,” Urbanek said of the seniors. “Many aren’t even allowed out of their rooms.”