Breakfast With Santa, minus the breakfast
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Like dozens of other community happenings in 2020, the annual Breakfast With Santa event is going to look a little different this year.
“We will be visiting with Santa Claus again this Christmas,” says Cynthia Martin, Board chair of Parenting Matters Foundation and First Teacher. “But because of the pandemic, we will introduce him differently.”
Children, family and friends are invited to join Santa in a special parent storytime on Zoom at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 30, at bit.ly/FTParentZoom or via the First Teacher Facebook page, www.facebook.com/First TeacherPMF.
In addition, families can meet up with Santa and a Big Elf (Stephen Rosales) at a special “drive-by” event set for 9:30-11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5, at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.
Younger visitors will receive goodie bags full of age-specific books and other gifts. Wearing masks are encouraged.
Heidi Hansen and Alan Halfhill will be on hand to broadcast KSQM Christmas tunes in a live broadcast from the event, organizers said. Families unable to attend can listen to festivities at 91.5 FM. KSQM program director Jeff Bankston will be Santa’s morning DJ elf.
“Helping parents become even better at being their child’s first teacher is what Parenting Matters Foundation and First Teacher are all about,” Karen Tyson, managing coordinator for the event, said.
“Encouraging parents to read to their children and encouraging them to enjoy reading serves them, and ultimately our community. These two appearances, the Zoom meeting on the 30th and the Say-Hello-to-Santa drive-by on the fifth, will be delightful for all.”
Martin, her husband David and former Sequim schools superintendent Ken Anderson, started the Parenting Matters Foundation in 1990 to help parents instill in their children critical thinking skills that will aid them in their personal and professional lives. For more information, visit firstteacher.org.
