No matter what holiday you celebrate in December, on Saturday December 14 we will be celebrating another year for West-side Friends!! This has been an annual event for our group for a number of years, with the exception of 2020. We are excited to be able to continue the tradition in 2024.
Our venue again this year will be a private residence in the Del Webb Sweetgrass community, in Richmond, TX 77469. For this reason, the number of attendees/guests is limited. The exact address will be sent out to those attending in the week before the event.

The important details:

FOOD:
Each guest should bring a pot-luck type item. After you RSVP for the event, please post in the comments whether you will be bringing an appetizer, salad, main dish, or dessert. You do not need to post the exact dish you are bringing (though you can), just the category. We will need:
6 APPETIZERS
3 SALADS
3 SIDE DISHES
8 MAIN DISHES
5 DESSERTS
Please look over all the comments before making your choice. Once a category is full, please choose another that still needs items. We will update the comments with the totals as we get closer to the date.

Please bring whatever serving utensils you will need to serve your dish (spoon, salad tongs, spatula, etc.) West-Side Friends will provide all paper goods, plasticware, and sodas/tea. You may also bring your own beverage, including alcohol.

GIFT EXCHANGE:
• For our gift exchange, bring a wrapped gift worth approximately $10 - $15 (or more, if you want.) Your gift can be a re-gift (something **nice** you were given that is just not your taste or style) or a new nice item (ex. funny mug and Starbucks gift card, bottle of wine, etc.). It can also be funny. (One gift our family passed around year after year was a singing Bing Crosby.)
Please do not bring anything crude, dirty, or something that you personally would never want to receive as a gift, even as a White Elephant gift. We will exchange the gifts in the "White Elephant" style.

CHARITY:
It has been a tradition for our group to donate to a charity at a West-Side Friends fall/winter event. In the past we have given toys to Toys for Tots. This year we will give to Star of Hope Mission, a Houston-based charity for homeless. Star of Hope began its life-changing work on July 1, 1907, in a two-story building at 714 Franklin Street. On any given day, there are approximately 1,000 homeless men, women and children being helped at Star of Hope. Their services include career development, workforce development, computer learning centers, counseling, health clinics, substance abuse, on-site day care, and parenting classes.

While unwrapped toys can be brought as well, I will get an updated "urgent needs" list from my friend Vivian as we get closer to the date.
You may also look here: Accepted donation list:
https://www.sohmission.org/ways-to-give/urgent-ongoing-needs/accepted-donations-list/

• Because this has been such a popular event, and the guest list is smaller due to a smaller venue than in the past, our **No-Show Policy** will be strictly enforced. RSVP's will close Monday Dec. 9 at noon. Don’t hesitate to get on the Wait List!! People often move up, even at the last minute! The earlier RSVP deadline gives those who move onto the GOING list late time to buy their gifts. If you have 2 or more No-Shows you will be kept on the Wait List until the day of the event. Due to limited space available, this event is for MEMBERS ONLY. Thank you for your understanding.

This has been one of our most popular events all year. You don't want to miss it.

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