About 70 children and their parents turned out Dec. 10 for the GFWC Ruskin Woman’s Club’s 2nd annual Breakfast in Santa’s Village.
“It was quite successful,” said Kat Sherwood, club president. “It’s a very unique event in that children were given all kinds of opportunities to play games and win toys, visit with Santa and enjoy breakfast with family members. And it included a great gift basket raffle and silent auction.”
Sherwood said the event raised $3,000 for the club’s annual college/technical school scholarship fund for graduating seniors from East Bay and Lennard high schools.
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Amanda Gary, of Wimauma, brought her three children to Breakfast in Santa’s Village Dec. 10 at the GFWC Ruskin Woman’s Club. Pictured here with Santa and Mrs. Claus, aka Larry and Carol Berman, they are, from left, Rayne Gary, Connie Magnolia Burns and Sonny Gary.
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This year’s Breakfast in Santa’s Village featured a variety of outdoor games, where children could earn Grinch bucks and redeem them for toys.
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Members of East Bay High School’s Sounds of Time sing a Christmas carol during Breakfast in Santa’s Village, a fundraiser for the GFWC Ruskin Woman’s Club Scholarship Fund.
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Connie Magnolia Burns, 4, of Wimauma, proudly shows off her “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” face painting at the recent Breakfast in Santa’s Village event in Ruskin.
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Breakfast in Santa’s Village organizer Cheryl DeLeon, left, and face painter Wendy Foss take a quick break before the start of the Dec. 10 fundraising event at the GFWC Ruskin Woman’s Club.
Amanda Gary has taken her three children to the event for the past two years and to the club’s Breakfast with Santa the two years before that.
“The kids always have a blast,” she said. “They enjoy the entire event, including Santa and the games. The food was fantastic this year.”
Lois Kindle