THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2002
NEWS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN = 7A
CCO plays Santa atholiday party
By Lindsey Hodel
lhodei@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Santa Claus isn't the only one giving presents away to children for the holidays this year.
About 650 children from Lawrence gathered in the Kansas Union Ballroom yesterday afternoon to receive donated presents from the Center for Community Outreach's Children's Holiday Party. "Organized chaos" was how Maggie Beedles, co-director of CCO and Lawrence senior, described the event.
KU students from various campus organizations volunteered their afternoon to hand out presents, lead art projects and hand out food and candy.
Toy donations for the event came from the NBC's Today show, which has donated about $7,000 worth of toys to CCO's children's party for the last four years.
Other donors for the event included KU Panhellenic Association, Coca-Cola and Frito Lay.
Greg Black, Wichita sophomore, brought 14 third- and fourth-graders from the Boys and Girls Club, where he works.
"Most families that are here low-income families, and it definitely helps out around the holidays to celebrate," he said.
Toward the end of the party.
"The kids love so much getting to know college-aged kids.It's a big deal to come up on campus and interact with students here."
Carol Toland
Co-director of CCO's Music Mentors
program
CCO handed out presents to children ranging in age from 4 to 13. When the announcement came that Baby Jay and Santa Claus had arrived for pictures, everyone scurried to be the first in line.
"My kids were the most excited.
about Baby Jay," Black said.
Holiday music also mixed with the kids' giggles. Carol Toland, co-director of CCO's Music Mentors program, played Christmas tunes on the piano.
"The kids love so much getting to know college-aged kids," she said. "It's a big deal to come up on campus and interact with students here."
Black said in his experience, most of the children he worked with at the Boys and Girls Club had a sense of the real meaning of the holiday season.
"I think by this age, it isn't just about presents anymore," he said.
Edited by Erin Ohm
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body has different traditions and things they do at Christmastime," said Janet Murphy, executive director of the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club.
HALO was one of six student groups to volunteer. It helped children decorate about 60 sugar skulls using sequins, puff-paints, multicolored glue and glitter at the party.
It was an activity designed to help them learn about Day of the Dead, a time when Mexicans pay tribute to deceased loved ones by creating alters, cooking feasts and spending time with friends and family. It's traditionally celebrated Nov. 1 and 2.
The skulls, made with a sugar and egg white powder paste and a plastic mold, are part of that tradition.
They are traditionally sold by vendors in the open-air markets
"I'm glad that we got to at least do something for the CCO party."
Melanie Weisner HALO president
during the week preceding the Day of the Dead and are not to be eaten.
Melanie Weisner, HALO president, said she understood
the parental concerns about the Big Brothers Big Sisters event to a certain extent.
"When I think about it, if I were a parent and I didn't know what Day of the Dead was, I might be skeptical, too," the Dallas junior said. "But at the same time, you can't understand something unless you learn about it. I'm glad that we got to at least do something for the CCO party."
Edited by Christina Neff
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