Funded by generous donations, the non-profit organization of the FREE COMMUNITY CHRISTMAS DINNER will once again be serving dinner on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec 25th, 2018. For the second year, this event will be held at the Columbus Home Association Event Center (aka Knights of Columbus-behind the Bank Shot), 1112 Eighth Street, Alamosa, CO.
Ann Edstrom Watters founded this event in 1990 to ensure that no one had to spend Christmas alone. Although Ann has passed away, her legacy continues through the dedication of committee members, generous donations, and the combined efforts of numerous San Luis Valley communities. Continued monetary support is what makes this annual event possible.
Please mail donations to: FCCD, PO Box 1981, Alamosa, CO 81101
Families and friends come together to share in these festivities and are served a delicious turkey dinner while the children visit with Santa, pick out gifts, enter drawings for bikes, and participate in coloring contests.
HOMEBOUND meals are also delivered to those in the Alamosa locale; those needing meals delivered on Christmas Day should call Sandy/719-580-9182 and or email fccdinner@gmail.com and provide your name(s), address for delivery.
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS!
The feat of feeding1,000+/- people is no easy task. It takes an estimate of 100 volunteers to pull this off. Anyone wanting to volunteer please call/text Debi at 719-298-8049 or email fccdinner@gmail.com. Shifts will change on the hour mark and will run for an hour with the first shift starting at 11 am and the last one starting at 2 pm. Please plan on checking in 15 minutes early and enter through the south door. Volunteers are needed for the following: servers for dinners, drinks, desserts; clean-up personnel, greeters, seaters; station personnel for dessert, coffee and drinks tables; kitchen help and turkey carvers.
VOLUNTEER ‘PIZZA MEETING’: It’ll be fun, they said…LOL
Seriously, if you’re wanting to help, please attend our ‘Volunteer Orientation’ on Saturday, Dec 22, 2018, to learn the ‘ins and outs’ of serving the masses!
PRE-EVENT NEEDS:
Desserts:
Desserts that DO NOT need refrigeration, can be dropped off at the south door of the Columbus Hall on December 23rd & 24thfrom 8am to 5pm. Ideas might include cupcakes, cookies, brownies, pies-pecan, apple, cherry-please no cream pies, (pumpkin pies are furnished by FCCD), cakes, etc.
‘Baby it’s cold outside!’
In years past we have given away gloves, scarfs, stocking caps, baby blankets, etc. Anyone wanting to donate any of these items, please drop them off at the south door of the Columbus Hall on December 23rd & 24th from 8am to 5pm.
Bicycle drawings:
One of the most popular highlights of our annual event is the bicycle drawings. Children enter by dropping their name in the gift bag on the front of the bike of their choice. Drawings start at approximately 1pm and the ends about 2:30pm. Children must be present to enter the bike drawings but need not be present to win.
Coloring Contests:
A special gift will be given to the winner of each age group as picked by random judges. Age groups are 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9.
Kitchen Help:
Dec 23rd & Dec 24thfrom 10am to 5pm. Turkey carvers, fruit bag prep, decorators, table/chair setup, table settings/decor, etc. Call Debi at 719-298-8049 or email fccdinner@gmail.com for more info.
A special thank you to the FREE Community Christmas Dinner committee of
Debra Parr Yund, Rick Esquibel, Sandy Lopez, Erica Porrello, & Sandra Hostetter
for their hard work in putting this event together for another year!
Free Community Christmas Dinner 