SANTAS! Several matches were sent out today. Please remember to send a quick confirmation that you received your match! Check spam too ... See MoreSee Less

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URGENT!!! PLEASE READ ENTIRE POST!! ATTENTION PARENTS:
If you have received an email, text message or voicemail asking to send in identification for your children TODAY IS THE FINAL DAY TO SEND THOSE IN. If we do not receive anything or hear from you today we will have to move on to another family. You may send to Pantry279@yahoo.com.
***IDENTIFICATION MUST HAVE CHILDS NAME AND BIRTHDATE ON IT. WE DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT ACCEPT SOCIAL SECURITY CARDS. *****
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Elf helpers!! Grab your laptop, or we have 3 you can use, and come help us get the Santas their matches!! We will be at Pantry 279 Thurs, Fri, and Sat 12-5 or later. Santas wishing to choose their own matches are able to come by and pick from the big red book of children. Don't want to shop, but want to help? Monetary donations can be brought by or made online at Www.pantry279.org
PayPal. Pantry279@yahoo.com
Cash App. $pantry279
Or mailed to p.o. box 312, Ellettsville , IN 47429.
Our elves will shop for you!
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✨❤️ Become a Santa. Change a Christmas. ❤️✨
Elf Dispatch is filled with little ones whose families are struggling this year — and you can be the reason their Christmas morning still feels magical. Every child deserves to feel seen, loved, and remembered during the holidays. 🎁✨
If you’re able, please sign up to be a Santa and make a child’s Christmas shine a little brighter. You can sign up right on our website at www.pantry279.org. 🌟
#ElfDispatch #BeASanta #EveryChildDeservesAChristmas #HolidayGiving #Pantry279 #MakeMagicHappen #giveback #christmas #fyp
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*****Incoming ELF Dispatch Update!*****
At this time we have 568 ( 1597 children ) families who have signed up and been verified. We have about 40ish more that have signed up and have NOT verified because they didn't send proof of child or the wrong thing, Bunny Elf Steph is working on contacting you about that. We DO have a waiting list, just email elf-dispatch@pantry279.org and send Parent name, phone number, and names of children. If we get a space due to cancelation, double dipping, or failure to verify, we will contact you. ONLY that email, please do not email our regular one. ALL Parent/child forms just finished printing! We now are starting to print the Santa sign ups. Then we alphabetize and number all of these forms. After that matching happens. Please be patient, Parents and Santas! We have had 3 cancelations and already contacted 3 families and signed them up. Our Head Elf and Bunny Elf Steph are working pretty much round the clock. HELPER ELVES! We start typing Wed afternoon around 2! Bring your laptops and coffee!
*****END ELF Dispatch Communication*****
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We can use volunteers at pantry today from 11-6. Roads are not that bad, main ones are fine. ... See MoreSee Less
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🎄 Elf Dispatch Update 🎄
We are officially closed for child sign-ups — we’ve reached our max capacity for our Christmas list. ❤️
Now it’s up to our amazing Santas to step in and make the magic happen! If you’d like to help give a child a special Christmas this year, please sign up to be a Santa. 🎅✨
#ElfDispatch #Pantry279 #BeASanta #SpreadJoy #ChristmasMagic #CommunityLove #fyp #bloomington #christmas #giveback #givingheart
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I know today has been very overwhelming, it is more overwhelming for us! We had put up a post holding things until tomorrow, but then we got the site working. Thus took that post down. However, right this very second we have almost 1000 people trying to log on. They site can't handle that kind of traffic. So, it is down again, until things calm down. It will come back up, and we will get people signed up. I understand we are the only ones that take teens, and I understand we are the last program to open when all of the other are full. We've got you, but you must calm down. Even if you do not get signed up, we have extra toy day for those who don't make the list. Breathe.... ... See MoreSee Less

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