It's late, yes, but I've been busy! Sorry, Christmas is the busiest season of the year here. And I have to say this was the busiest and the best of all. For anyone who was on the facility after dark, our grounds were a winter wonderland, weren't they? Thousands of lights. On the trees, across the lawns, lights as snowmen and lights as polar bears. We had Christmas trees everywhere, and painted windows and decorated doors, and we covered just about everything with garland - tastefully as we could.
And the presents! Thanks to donors such as The Yes Virginia Fund - an offshoot of The Pasadena Community Foundation - which donated $1,200 towards toys, we were able to provide new toys for the children of all of our clients. Thus we were able to take away a huge worry from the Moms and Dads in treatment.
And thanks to Costco in Azusa and Alhambra we had shampoo, conditioner, body wash, soap, and lots of other personal products to throw into bags for our clients as well as new clothes from generous manufacturers in the area.
It was a wonderful Christmas. We had a Santa Party on Christmas Eve when Santa was able to swing by with his gifts for the clients and some of the children of the employees. Then on Christmas Day, when the clients' families came, Santa came all the way back so that he could see the children of the clients, as well.
We work really hard at Christmas. We want people to know how much we care about them and we want them to know how much life has in store for them if they stay clean and begin to live.
