Our annual holiday parties at Sam Rosen Elementary in Fort Worth and Webb Elementary in Arlington are fast approaching. The chapter always gets great support from our member credit unions and partners in putting together these events. Anyone who has ever helped at one of these events will tell you it is THE best thing they do all holiday seson long.

Here’s the schedule:

• Dec 5 (morning) Party Prep at Sam Rosen
• Dec 6 (all day) Party at Sam Rosen
• Dec 12 (morning) Party Prep at Webb
• Dec 13 (all day) Party at Webb

We would really appreciate your support this year. Kathie Wood is in charge of gathering cash donations. Vince Heimann is coordinating the donation of coats. Coats should be new or gently used and cleaned.

If you are interested in volunteering, Raymond Shands is scheduling voluteers for Sam Rosen and Vince Heimann is scheduling volunteers for Webb. Even though the parties last all day, you are welcome to work only part of the day if that is what you can do.

All volunteers must be approved in advance by the respective district. Click here for a copy of the Arlington ISD volunteer form. The form has 3 pages, and the 3rd page is all that is required to be filled out. Please fill out the form and forward it to Vince, his fax number is 817-273-5913. The Fort Worth ISD volunteer form is one page, be sure to copy your I.D. on to the form and fax to Raymond at 817-882-0136.

Turnaround time on the approvals is about two weeks so please get them in soon. You may also want to plan in advance for substitute volunteers by having them fill out the form as well.

If you need directions to the schools, click on their names above.

Lastly, check the comments to this post for any subsequent information from the committees.