By David Garza, Web Manager
On Saturday, December 20, 2025 Parent to Parent hosted our second annual “Breakfast With Santa” at Blue Mountain Community Church. After early morning pancake preparations were complete, the event began at 9:00am with Christmas music playing, families mingling, and a hearty menu of pancakes, scrambled eggs, sausage, fruit, and orange juice. We even had gluten free pancakes available. There were crafts to make, a game to play, a door prize drawing to enter, donated winter jackets and sweaters to peruse, and an opportunity to honor three wonderful people in the WWVDN You Made A Difference awards. This year, we celebrated James Howerton, Libby Thompson, and Angie Witt for their commitment to inclusion and advocacy for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Before we knew it, our special guest arrived! Folks entered Santa's "workshop" to visit with Santa and have their picture taken. Earlier this month, SOAR participants decorated their own gingerbread houses. Preschool students at the Center For Children & Families voted for their favorite. These houses were displayed in Santa’s workshop for all to enjoy and the Gingerbread house decorating winner was declared -- Congratulations Jasmine!
To wrap up the event, David took the mic to host a Christmas Jeopardy game that tested our knowledge of the holidays. The five categories were music, movies, history, treats, and winter. Three teams vied for bragging rights in friendly competition. Once it was concluded everyone gathered their things and headed home to celebrate the holidays. WWVDN wishes all our community members a wonderful holiday and a happy new year!
