Santa visits The Children's Center
This story was written by Kim Underwood for the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools website and features both Graylyn Conference Center and senior sociology major Blake Robinson as Santa…
For many years, the folks at Graylyn Conference Center have invited everyone at The Children’s Center over for a holiday party.
The Children’s Center sits on the edge of the estate’s grounds, and, most years, a procession of students and staff members make their way across the grounds to the historic home.
On Wednesday, though, a steady rain was coming down. So, this year, Graylyn took the party to The Children’s Center.
As Santa waited for the students to come into the room where the party was being held, he said – when asked whether he had any suggestions for those wondering what cookies to leave out for him on Christmas Eve – he’s partial to those thumb-print sugar cookies with a Hershey kiss in the middle.
When Santa isn’t being Santa, he is Blake Robinson, a Wake Forest University student who plans to go to law school. Santa has school system connections. When he was in middle school, he went to Hanes, and, in high school, he went to Reagan.
Categories: Inside WFU
Post office and mail services closing early on Dec. 31
On December 31, Wake Forest post office and mail services will close at 1 p.m. Mail couriers will complete the morning route only. Please have all mail ready to go out by the time the courier arrives.
Happy New Year!
Categories: University Announcement
Happy Holidays from Wake Forest
At what can often be the busiest time of year, we would like to offer you a moment of Wake Forest tradition to warm the soul and put a smile on your face.
We wish you a holiday season rich with family, friends and excitement for the promise of a new year.
From your Wake Forest family,
Nathan and Julie Hatch
Categories: University Announcement
Holiday Party set for Tuesday
The following message is from President Nathan Hatch:
I am pleased to invite you and your family to the 2013 Reynolda Campus Holiday Party for faculty and staff on Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 3-6 p.m. This year’s event will be held at The Barn and promises to be a wonderful opportunity to enjoy the spirit of the holiday season in the company of fellow Wake Foresters. With holiday arts and crafts stations, festive food, and a visit by Santa Claus, the gathering will be particularly fun for young children.
This year, we will also be adding a bit of Pro Humanitate to the event by collecting nonperishable food goods for Second Harvest Food Bank. Collection boxes will be stationed near the Barn entrance to accept your nonperishable canned or boxed food donations.
The Barn is located near Palmer and Piccolo Residence Halls and WFDD. Shuttle service will be provided on a continuously circulating route. Look for special Holiday Party Shuttle Stop signs in the Benson University Center traffic circle, by the entrance to Wingate Hall in Lot P, and by the Wake Forest Road entrance to Lot W1.
Questions: Please contact Jim O’Connell in the Office of the President at ext. 4061 or oconnejm@wfu.edu.
Categories: Events
Opportunities abound to give back
Looking to give back? Several opportunities are available at Wake Forest:
The Angel Tree
The Angel Tree is in Benson University Center on the second floor outside the food court. Each year, the Volunteer Service Corps student organization partners with Big Brothers Big Sisters and The Potter’s House to provide holiday gifts for children who would otherwise go without.
The program depends on members of the university community who adopt the angels in order to provide holiday cheer for these nearly 150 children. The Angel Tree gifts were originally due Thursday, Dec. 5, but the deadline has been extended to Dec. 11. Please contact Meg Fallon at fallme0@wfu.edu or VSC adviser Shelley Sizemore at gravessa@wfu.edu for more information.
Gifts for Kids
Wake Forest Athletics and WGHP (FOX8) are partnering for the fourth consecutive year to bring the Gifts for Kids initiative to the Joel Coliseum for the Deacons’ basketball game against Richmond on Saturday, Dec. 7. Fans are encouraged to bring a new, unwrapped toy to the game. Fans will receive a free ticket to the game with the donation of a new toy with a retail value of $10 or greater.
All donations will be collected by The Salvation Army and will be given to children in the Winston-Salem area. Tip-off is scheduled for 2 p.m. Doors open at 12:30 p.m.
Backpack Program
For the fifth year in a row, WFDD (88.5), the NPR affiliate station licensed to Wake Forest, is partnering with the Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest N.C. in a campaign to support both organizations. This three-way partnership results in necessary funds for WFDD and support for the Food Bank’s Backpack Program, combatting childhood hunger.
This program sends food-insecure children home from school each Friday with a backpack full of nutritious food to sustain them over the weekend.
During the WFDD Backpack Campaign, corporate sponsor Ralph Lauren contributes a backpack of food to the Food Bank for each pledge received by WFDD, up to a total of 800 backpacks. WFDD will be on the air Dec. 11-12 for this campaign. More information is available at the WFDD website, wfdd.org, where real-time tracking of the number of backpacks raised is also available.
Categories: Events
