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Santa-America, founded in 2003, brings the highest quality Santas together across America to focus on our special mission: an unhurried visit by a loving, committed, trained, back-grounded Santa to families facing physical and emotional crisis.
Individual Santas have been visiting children on a local basis for years. Santa-America brings these points of light together into a true national effort.
Santa-America is composed of compassionate volunteers of great heart representing the highest Santa standards.
- Santa volunteers support local hospices and children's hospitals in their hometowns.
- Santa is subject to the toughest background check in the world of Santa—the same as a doctor, nurse or social worker. Santa-America is a national leader in vigorous background standards for Santa.
- Santa receives special training in death, bereavement and post traumatic stress.
- Santa receives special training in federal and state patient privacy regulations. Santa-America is fully HIPAA compliant and respects patient and family privacy.
- Santa-America is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and Children's Hospice International (CHI).
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