From Patsy Littlefield, Northport VFW Post #6131 Auxiliary —
We were invited by principal Todd Martin to come into the Edna Drinkwater School on December 22nd to present a Christmas bag to each student (all 120 students!). We had Santa, the Grinch, an Elf and 4 other Santa assistants present for this activity. We also provided each school staff member with a bag of goodies (32 in all) as they are the ones in charge of the students’ education and safety. We are blessed with a very caring team in our school.
Each student received a goodie bag from Santa which included:
Bag was plastic, two handled, with Christmas theme, and contained:
- Card making kit: Quart sized Ziploc baggie containing:
- 2 envelopes
- 2 folded cardstock pages for creation of cards
- 2 sticker sheets (one each of build-your-own Christmas Tree and Snowman)
- Info taped to bag to encouraging sharing and caring
- 2 Holiday or winter themed pencils
- 2 pkgs microwave popcorn
- 2 pkgs hot chocolate mix
- Bag of holiday candy (3 Hersey Kisses, 3 mini assorted candy bars, chocolate Santa)
- 1 Holiday bendable character
- Christmas card signed by Santa
- 1 Reindeer candy cane nestled in tissue paper
Santa also handed each child a candy cane when presenting the goodie bag.
The middle school grade of 6, 7 and 8 also had a small box of crayons and small box of colored pencils included in their goodie bags. All staff members received a similar goodie bag, minus the bendable character.
Santa’s Elf was there and offered stuffed animals to each of the students, either for themselves or someone they know.
This Santa time was overwhelmingly happily received by students and staff alike.
A big THANK YOU to Todd Martin for inviting us into the school; Toupie Rooney for creating the adorable Reindeer and being such a generous Elf; Katherine the Grinch; and the volunteers from the Fire Department and the VFW Post #6131 Auxiliary. They say it takes a village to raise a child, and Northport has proven that they are fully in support of the children in our town. THANK YOU to all who donated during our bake sale on voting day – this is where your support went, to a very worthy cause.