Pantry 279

9 hours ago

SANTA'S IN TRAINING, And those of you who are experts:
Here's how this works ( long read )
Once you sign up to be a Santa pantry279.org/elf-dispatch/elf-dispatch-santa-signup Then the magic begins! I print our your info, and then hand match one by one to a child or children that I think best fit what you are looking for. This can take a little time, as 1. I am but 1 Elf, and 2. there are 1671 children to look thru. This is NOT done via computer, it is done with love and care and thought.
Once a match is made, it goes to one of the wonderful and amazing typing Elves, who then type out the ELF Communication to you. It comes titled as ELF Match and will probably say from Cindy Chavez . PLEASE send a reply of Received or some kind of confirmation so I know it did not go into SPAM or quarantine, and I don't call and bug you. If I have not heard from you in a couple of days, I will call and make sure you have it.
Now you have your match, go have fun! Go to lunch with family or friends, shop, have a wrapping party with hot cocoa and Christmas movies! Make sure every gift is tagged with the child's name, I can't tell you the horror of an untagged misplaced gift ( See Orange Nike Shoes, ugh ).
If you are bringing gifts to ELF HQ, you can start bringing the as early as Dec 16 11am to ELF HQ which is in the 4H building of the Monroe County Fairgrounds. We will be there every day Dec 16-18 11-6 and Dec 19 11-9. Our Elves will bag up the families wrapped and tagged gifts into huge colorful bags, and tie a golden tag with the children's names on then on the bags with a red ribbon. And you are all done!
If you are porch dropping to the parent OR shipping direct, you need to contact your parent no later than Dec 16 to let them know when to expect things, but you do have until Dec 23 to get them their gifts. Parents get very nervous and scared to closer to Christmas it gets. The beauty of this is that you do not have to be local to ship direct! We have had Santas from 17 other States and 3 other Countries send gifts this way!
Finally, if you have new toys or teen gifts that you would like to donate, we happily take these for our Extra Toy. Also warm soft blankets are still the #1 requested item of children. Warmth is important!
If you want to help but just do not have time, cash donations are perfect and we Elves will do all of the work for you, AND Facebook live the whole thing! Cash Donations can be made on our website www.pantry279.org, Paypal pantry279@yahoo.com, VENMO @pantry279 or just brought by the pantry or mailed to P.O. Box 312, Ellettsville, IN 47429
Now, please be patient while we work our Magic and also talk about this program and SHARE so we can find enough Santas to cover this huge number of children! Thank you all!! ... See MoreSee Less

Pantry 279

11 hours ago

At this time ELF Dispatch sign up is CLOSED. Remember!! All hope is not lost, extra toy day will happen!
NOW Santas it is up to you!!!! Please talk to your family, friends, businesses, organizations about becoming a Santa to some children! This year is very hard on many, and it’s time for the Christmas Magic to work and uplift people. To be a Santa, please click here and fill out the form, remember this is ONLY for Santas who want to GET gifts for Children! pantry279.org/elf-dispatch/elf-dispatch-santa-signup

ANYONE can be a Santa, even if you are from another State or country! Gifts can be shipped direct to the children or money can be donated and our elves will do the shopping for you! Donations can be made on www.pantry279.org Paypal ( Pantry279@yahoo.com ) VENMO ( @pantry279 ) or just brought by or mailed to P.O. Box 312, Ellettsville, IN 47429

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Pantry 279

15 hours ago

ATTENTION ALL ELVES!! Now is the time! Grab your Laptops and head over to pantry! Matches are being made and we need YOU. Put on your Elf hat, or colorful clothes, maybe a touch of glitter, warm up those fingers and lets DO THIS! ... See MoreSee Less

Pantry 279

1 day ago

At this time ELF Dispatch sign up is CLOSED. I am aware it has only been open 5 hours, but we have over 700 families ( 1600 ish children ) signed up and very few Santas, I am hoping Santas were just waiting do to the site being so overwhelmed and wanting to let parents get signed up. Remember!! All hope is not lost, extra toy day will happen!
NOW Santas it is up to you!!!! Please talk to your family, friends, businesses, organizations about becoming a Santa to some children! This year is very hard on many, and it's time for the Christmas Magic to work and uplift people. To be a Santa, please click here and fill out the form, remember this is ONLY for Santas who want to GET gifts for Children! pantry279.org/elf-dispatch/elf-dispatch-santa-signup

ANYONE can be a Santa, even if you are from another State or country! Gifts can be shipped direct to the children or money can be donated and our elves will do the shopping for you! Donations can be made on www.pantry279.org Paypal ( Pantry279@yahoo.com ) VENMO ( @pantry279 ) or just brought by or mailed to P.O. Box 312, Ellettsville, IN 47429

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Pantry 279

2 days ago

I know everyone is very excited and eager for ELF to open up. Let me assure you, the Head ELF has Arrived! In hopes of preventing the site crashing we had last year, we are NOT giving the time, other than it will open in LATE AFTERNOON. There will be a tab on our website www.pantry279.org. YES, I will post a link when live. But we also can't go live until people STOP logging on and hitting refresh tons of times and crashing the site, we have to be able to upload the program. The site can only hold a certain amount of people and then it crashes. So, be calm, it will be ok, wait until very late afternoon or even this evening and then try. Remember, the more info the ELF has, the easier she can match you.
LET'S REVIEW THE RULES!
1. You can't have signed up for any other gifting programs! Yes we go check. This could result in you banned from BOTH programs.
2. The is NO guarantee we can match your child, it all depends on if we get the Santas
3. Play NICE, everytime the Head ELF has to stop and answer a phone call. email, or FB message, is more time taken away from matching. Threatening or being mean to any Pantry 279, ELF Dispatch volunteer will cause immediately removal from the list.
4. Check your spam if you did not receive a confirmation email. Once a form has been correctly submitting, it will take you to a Thank you Page AND you will get an instant confirmation email.
5. Yes, there will still be an extra toy day at the end for those who do not make the list. Date TBA
6. Please remember to always READ everything to completion and when you get your match let us know you have received it.
7. Finally, the Elves notify the Santas first so they can get shopping. Parents should not expect to hear anything for a week or so, Do Not Panic!
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Pantry 279

2 days ago

Come check out our fun display in City Hall!! ... See MoreSee Less