Posted by G. McDoniel on Jan 01, 2021
The Illinois Quad Cities Rotary Club has provided a “Breakfast with Santa” event for local children for the past three years.  Of course, 2020 presented unique challenges to all of us, so our Rotary Club changed it to a “Visit From Santa” event this year.
 
The Club chose three organizations - Children's Advocacy Center, Children's Therapy Center and Washington Elementary - that serve local children who face challenges in their lives, and we made up Christmas Gift Bags for Santa to deliver to the organizations for distribution to children in need.  100 gift back packs with water bottles for older kids and cinch bags with Christmas sippy cups/tumblers for younger children were filled with reading books, coloring books, crayons, gloves and mittens, and other Christmas goodies donated by local businesses and our Rotary Club members.