We had a successful event at Harvest Pack on November 28, where our dedicated Rotarians packed 4,328 meals that will go into the backpack programs in the Twin Cities!  

 

We adopted four families from Neighbors Inc and our elves purchased gifts for 14 children amongst those families.  All gifts were delivered to Neighbors on Wed. Dec. 2, in plenty of time for Christmas! Thanks to all of our shoppers who joyfully shopped for strangers, knowing it will bring so much happiness to the faces of the kids as they open their presents this Christmas! Thank you everyone for helping to support this important event.

We are going to do the White Elephant Gift Exchange a LOT differently this year!!  What is the White Elephant gift exchange you ask?  In "normal" world, we all bring a WRAPPED GIFT that is usually-gag-ugly-funny-just-don't-want-anymore gift OR it could be a  I'm-going-to-surprise-everyone-and-actually-wrap-something-nice (like a bottle of wine) gift.  Don't put your name on it - it's totally anonymous.  Then we take turns picking a gift and opening it. When it's your turn, you can either steal someone else's already opened gift OR go pick an unwrapped one and see what you get. The game goes until all presents have been opened and everyone has in their possession a new "gift" that will either be re-wrapped for next year or given to some unsuspecting relative at Christmas.  BUT IN VIRTUAL WORLD, we are going to do it this way:

There will be no trading... so you're stuck with your fabulous gift, until next year.  Don't spend a lot of time or money on these gifts, just have fun with it! (I am a notorious re-gifter of those oh-you-shouldn't-have presents from some less-than-favorite relatives)  See you soon!