Operation ELF - a world of families in need

OPERATION ELF (Everybody Loves Families) HOLIDAY GATHERING

It’s a party! It’s a donation drop-off site for gently-used kids’ clothing and household goods! It’s a potluck dinner! It’s music and face painting! It’s sitting on Santa’s knee! It’s playing a dreidel game. It’s a silent auction and a Chinese auction! It’s a holiday dinner food drive! It’s a drive for new or gently-used suitcases, duffel bags, and oversized backpacks! It’s the place where folks bring the gift(s) to fulfill a child’s wish list.

The Operation ELF Holiday Gathering is the highpoint of the organization's charitable efforts every year. This event is an opportunity for the many volunteers and their families to come together and celebrate the season and the community's ability to bring the joy of the season to the less fortunate.

Volunteers produce this event starting weeks before. Men and women join forces to gathering requests from the charities, organizing them, and distributing the wish lists to teams of men and women. These giving people go shopping and fill each child's request, and perhaps do even a little bit more.

Other teams handle decorating the hall, organizing transportation and gift delivery, sorting and packing of everything the day of the event, entertaining the children during the event, and providing a feast to nourish the body while the event nourishes the spirit.

In addition, there are many other activities to make this a true family event/celebration. These include:

come join the party!
  • Holiday music to celebrate the season
  • An amazing Pot Luck Feast
  • A Silent Auction to raise additional funds for the charities
  • A raffle
  • Activities for the kids
  • And a visit from Santa Claus

This year's Operation ELF Holiday Gathering

Sunday December 13, 2009
2:00 - 5:00 p.m.
The Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland
53 Cochituate Road
Wayland, MA 01778
www.tccwayland.org

In addition to the gifts, monetary donations are accepted at the door.