The final numbers are in and this year’s 3rd Annual Kid’s Shopping and Pancake Event was a smashing success! The primary event that includes breakfast , a visit with Santa and shopping saw 143 kids on Saturday alone! Close to 250 ate the wonderful breakfast that featured pancakes, sausage, peaches, coffee and orange juice. Thanks to a wonderful toy fairy, all kids who saw Santa received a small gift. This year’s participants came from all over, the majority were Biddeford residents but we had folks who came from places as far away as Gorham and Troy! On the second day, Monday December 19 at our office we saw 30 kids stop by and shop. Last year the program saw 133 kids over 2 days, so this is a sizable increase.
Many families that were attendance stated they were looking for ways to celebrate the holiday without breaking the bank and our annual event which is free to all, most certainly did that!
Thank you to all who donated, volunteered and helped make this a great event.