Almost the end of the year

Just in case we don't get a chance later on (time goes by so quickly and the poor blog is often neglected): have a wonderful and safe New Year! Please be sure not to overdo the celebrating and stay safe for the sake of all who love you.

Also wanted to share some silly photos of our staff at the recent holiday pot-luck luncheon.

We had fun, we had so much yummy food, we had a Yankee Swap with really nice gifts that no one wanted to give up but, that is the fun part of the Yankee Swap.

Special thanks to our LOCA committee for planning the party.

And special wishes to you for a wonderful 2013!!

Merry Christmas Everyone

It's Christmas Eve and we are of course, closed tomorrow. Wanted to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and share a few photos of the Big Guy in the Red Suit visiting the children at New Beginnings, our childcare center. It was also official Pajama Day for the kids and the staff.

We have many, many more photos, which you can see on our Facebook page.

Santa Takes a Break

This is the last post for this week so a couple of shots from the Bookfair still and one of Santa taking a very well deserved break and drinking an iced coffee :^)

We definitely want to thank Santa Claus for coming to our Bookfair at the Holyoke Barnes and Noble and we have a few more shots to share with everyone next week.

Happy shopping everyone!

Thanks for supporting our Bookfair

As promised yesterday, here are some more photos from our December 8 Bookfair at the Holyoke Barnes and Noble. And, while we're here, many thanks to those who donated at Valley Gives yesterday.

This is the chair all ready for reading the Polar Express. Santa used the chair also to hold little ones in his lap.

The kids are just adorable and they were all so well behaved! And everyone who turned out on a Saturday to spend the day coordinating, gift wrapping, photographing, giving information about Springfield Partners, and generally helping out, thank you so very much.

And we would not have had a successful Bookfair without the help of the professional, helpful, caring and extremely busy staff at the Holyoke Barnes and Noble. Thank you!

Happy Holidays and Thanks to all who supported our Barnes and Noble Bookfair

What a week! We had a truly wonderful Bookfair at the Holyoke Barnes and Noble on Saturday, December 8. Santa visited and many children had their photo taken with him. Some of the little ones really did not want to cooperate for photos as they were a bit intimidated by the big guy in the red suit.

Our wonderful Childcare Director, Tabitha Desplaines, read the Polar Express to several groups of children who were captivated by the story.

We also gift wrapped, helped out by board members and other volunteers and we had a very nice raffle - partly donated by Barnes and Noble and partly donated by the above mentioned Tabitha Desplaines. Didn't Tabitha just go above and beyond? We are very lucky to have her in charge of New Beginnings Childcare. All the money raised at the Bookfair, btw, goes to the children at New Beginnings.

And, because the most adorable children visited with Santa, here are some cute shots that we wanted to share with you:

I will share photos of more children tomorrow. Promise! Good way to make you come back to the blog, right :^)