Nov. 19, 2002

Gearing Up for GW’s Annual Holiday Gathering

Festivities Scheduled for Dec. 17

The annual University holiday gathering, a staple of the GW community for more than 10 years, will be held Dec. 17 in the Marvin Center’s newly dedicated Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Conference Center, from 2–4:30 pm. In keeping with this year’s theme, “Peace, Hope, Sharing… Holiday Homes,” the Holiday Committee invites the community to compete in a door decorating contest. Teams of judges from around the University will judge participants’ efforts and award ribbons to the winners. Winning departments and individuals will be recognized at the holiday gathering, and photographs of all the doors will be on display. For more information about participating, or volunteering as a contest judge, E-mail gwnews@gwu.edu.

As usual, the holiday gathering will feature food and entertainment, as well as raffle drawings (prizes last year included airline tickets, stereos, and gift certificates). Greater emphasis, though, is being placed on the number of charitable activities the party will sponsor.

A big success last year was the Marvin Center Governing Board/Student Association clothing drive. Making an encore appearance, donation boxes for the clothing will be placed in various locations around campus.

Other charitable activities include: Adopt-A-Family, which solicits gifts and donates them to families in need; Toys for Tots, the long-standing charitable toy drive run by the Marine Corps; the Faculty/Staff DC Scholarship Program, which raises funds for scholarships for students from DC schools; and a greeting card program that sends holiday greetings to GW Hospital patients and residents of St. Mary’s Court. Holiday participants also may bring a can of food to the Dec. 17 event and be entered into a special prize drawing.

Volunteers are needed to help manage and steer the aforementioned activities. Those interested can contact Sandra Little, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, at 994-3620, or E-mail her at msdsll@gwumc.edu.

 

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