They did not however get off without a fabulous Christmas Party for the girls, complete with a tree, Santa, gifts, cake, and green spaghetti.
Thanks to the generosity of so many from within the Merida Community we had money to provide gifts for the girls, and some family gifts; like towels, blankets, palanganas (wash tubs filled with food items), and pinatas, but also each of the staff received a lovely scarf. And we have a bit left to be able to stockup the pantry and maybe buy the girls those backpacks they need.
Thank you so much
to each of you that donated money, gifts, or goods,
it was and is so appreciated.
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| all the girls with Santa, yes, Santa is in there, look close - those smiles say it all! |
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| the girls had prepared a few dance routines - very clever |
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| and we all played Hokey Pokey |
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| checking out some of the goodies |
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| one of the families with a pinata. |
When we first arrived at HNV, we got the tour of all the recent renovations - the girls are thrilled, and love the new colors, especially the pink and lavender, then the girls entertained us with a dance routine, they led us in some a few carols, we all played Hokey Pokey, Santa passed out gifts - we all enjoyed watching the girls open their stuff, then there was a fair amount of looking at each others stuff, a few trades were made, then playing with some of the toys like balls, hula hoops, jump ropes, and lots of candy eating, we then went to the kitchen and had green spagetti and cake. It was a very fun evening -
