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Breakfast with Santa a Holiday Treat
Santa stopped by Avon East to have breakfast and meet Avon's youngsters, courtesy of the Avon Early Childhood PTA.
That Santa fella sure is busy this time of year.
Saturday he was at for the Avon Early Childhood Parent Teacher Association’s Breakfast with Santa, an annual fundraiser that usually yields about 700 Santa-seers, said ECPTA member Mariko Weaver
“We probably raise between $2,000 and $3,000 dollars,” said Weaver, who co-chairs the event with Jen Williams. “At the end of the year, the ECPTA gets together and donates whatever money we have left to local charities.”
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The event featured a continental breakfast, a crafts room for kids to color sun catchers and mail letters to Santa, a raffle of 30 items donated from area businesses, musical entertainment from the Choir and, of course, the Big Guy himself.
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In years past, the menu consisted of pancakes, but this year the organization decided to go continental, complete with coffee, juice, bagels, fruit and baked goods, Weaver said.
“We used to get pretty crazy, because you had to make all the pancakes as people came in,” Weaver said. “So we decided it would be easier on everyone if we offered a continental breakfast.”
Weaver said the ECPTA puts on this event for the community, and for the children.
“To see the look on a child’s face when they see Santa, it’s something,” she said.