Annual Holiday Designer Showcase Are you ready to kick off the holiday decorating season with style? Mark your calendars and plan to be at Ethan Allen on Saturday, November 30. On that date, the Ethan Allen design center in Paducah will be holding the annual Holiday Designer Tree Showcase from 5 to 7 p.m. This event will feature trees and holiday decor created by local designers Kenn Gray, Amy Noles, Allison Hart, Lauralee Latimer, Sara Falder and Danial S. MacPhail. There will be entertainment provided by the Paducah Symphony Youth Orchestra as well as beautiful door prizes. Attendees are asked to please bring new, unwrapped toys to place under one of the beautifully-decorated trees as a donation to Paducah Toys for Tots. Come out and see what the designers have created for this Christmas and enjoy some sights and sounds of the season. Don't forget to bring your toys for Toys for Tots! Join the folks at Ethan Allen for this fun and festive occasion that serves to not only demonstrate Christmas design ideas, but also helps local families in need. Ethan Allen is located at 451 Jordan Drive in Paducah and the hours are Sundays 1 to 4 p.m., Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 82 • November2013 www.purchasefamilymag.com
call Ron Garcia at (270) 933-6312 or contact Darrell Tharp by phone at (270) 994-2129 or email gunnytharp @yahoo.com.
Snowball Dance, Fun Run and more! The month of December will be especially busy with fundraisers. Heath Middle School is hosting a ‘Snowball Dance’. This annual event usually raises about $1,000 and brings in about 200 toys. The Kira Lives on Foundation will team up with OutBack Steakhouse and sell chicken dinners. This is expected to raise about $1,000 for more to purchase toys. (There more events planned and they will be posted on our website and Facebook pages as details become available.) "I’m working on an event with McCracken County High School for a toy drive which we hope will take place on the night of a basketball game,” Bryan told me. “Sometime in December there will be also be a 5K race and fundraiser in Eddyville. The date has not been confirmed yet." Associated General Contractors are going to be collecting toys on November 22nd at Walker Hall in Paducah. 6.30 – 11.30 p.m.
What’s the best toy to donate? If you are interested in donating a toy or toys to Toys for Tots, what should you look? Shop for toys that you think your own children or grandchildren would enjoy. Better yet, if you have children or grandchildren, take them with you when you shop. Explain what you are buying the toys for and let them help you pick them out. This is a great opportunity to teach kids the value of helping others who may be less fortunate, as well as a chance to help kids appreciate what they already have. Remember, your toys must be new and please don't wrap them. In years past, the Paducah Toys for Tots has collected well over 6,000 toys for Purchase area children. As the economy continues to weaken and local families are finding it more and more difficult to make ends meet, the need for toy donations for families is expected to increase. The goal is to provide two toys for each child who have been signed up for the program, but in past years, the Paducah Toys for Tots has been able to give four toys to each child due to the generous number of donations.
Making Christmas Bright When you donate, you simple drop a new, unwrapped toy into a designated drop-off point. TFT personnel will collect the toys, store them. At Christmastime, the local