HACE Hosts ‘Spirit of the Holidays’ Party

Christmas cards, ornaments, face painting, pizza, Santa Claus and gifts - the Hourly and Classified Employees Association's "Spirit of the Holidays" party had all that and more waiting for the approximately 30 children of Band 1 classified and hourly employees who attended the annual pre-holiday event on Dec. 19.

Photos by Tammie Smith

Janice Lader, undergraduate program coordinator for the School of Nursing, helps children make Christmas cards, which were distributed later to patients at Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters. Volunteers and members of the ODU Police Department also made cards for CHKD.

Members of the young crowd kept professional face painter Julie Scully busy throughout the evening.

HACE president Trina Hawkins with HACE member Rob Grandon.

Santa Claus, aka Carlton Gatling, moving and special events supervisor, shares a quiet moment with one of the children.

Santa visits with some young admirers at the card-making table.

The “bounce house” was a popular activity at the party.

Ardena Jordan, Webb Center office services assistant, and Tyna Joyner, housekeeping worker, helped serve food at the party. They were among many volunteers on hand for the annual event.

Fern McDougal, executive assistant with the University Libraries, helps a young visitor make an angel ornament. McDougal and her mother have provided crafts for the kids for many years.

Santa presents a gift as Chariety Brown (left), from the Office of Admissions, gets ready to call out another name.

A young girl gets her gift from Santa. Also pictured are Chariety Brown, left, and Kathy Meredith, assistant to the dean in the College of Arts and Letters, who chaired the Spirit of the Holiday Party committee.

This young boy appeared to be a bit shy when getting his gift from the man in red.

Connie Davis (left), assistant to the dean in the College of Health Sciences, and Janice Lader help out at the card-making table.

Two young partygoers show off their new look.

Children at the party had many activities for burning off energy.

HACE presented certificates of appreciation to ODU Police Officer C. Durall, left, who organized and coordinated a toy drive among fellow members of the ODU Police Department in support of the HACE event, and to the police department as a whole for its participation and support. Police Officer Damaso Medel, right, accepted the certificate on behalf of the department.

A distracted youngster gets a helping hand from Nikka Simmons at the card-making table.

Santa’s helper’s at the party included, from left, Trina Hawkins, Tammie Smith and Connie Davis.

A young ODU fan waits as the face-painting artist Julie Scully prepares to add a football to his cheek.

HACE Hosts ‘Spirit of the Holidays’ Party

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