Featuring AirLIFE Santa

Dear Neighbors,

Welcome Home Community Newspaper and North Central Baptist Hospital are partnering up again this year to bring two Stone Oak traditions, the Stone Oak Winter Festival and AirLIFE Santa, together as one event on December 10th, 2011.

This years event will be named Stone Oak Winter Celebration featuring AirLIFE Santa. The event will take place on December 10th from 10 am to
3:30 pm in the North Central Baptist Hospital main parking lot on Madison Oak. The celebration will bring the community together for fun, food, fellowship, and most importantly, to contribute toys to benefit children throughout San Antonio.

Free shuttle service will be offered to and from the celebration grounds. Park your car at either Reagan High School or Cornerstone Church. Shuttle service will be running continually from 9:30 to 4:15 pm.

In the past seven years, Stone Oak Winter Celebration has become the largest toy drive for Toys for Tots. At this year's event we are hoping to accomplish the same result. Prior to the celebration, there will be a Stone Oak Holiday Scavenger Hunt which will create excitement within the community and bring exposure to the many businesses that participate. Businesses can choose one out of four different levels of sponsorship.
During the entire month of November, until December 9, 2011, players can scout Stone Oak for the participating business. When the business is located by the player, they are rewarded by receiving a stamp of the business name or logo to be placed on their player card and are given a small gift or goodie to enjoy. Each business can be as creative as they like with their gift or goodie, and no purchase is required by the player.

The day of the Stone Oak Winter Celebration, players will turn in their cards along with a new unwrapped toy. For each business visited, they receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win general prizes and for every 15 businesses visited, the player receives one ticket for the opportunity to win the grand prize drawings. First prize will be a $1,000 shopping spree provided by Welcome Home Newspaper. Children who play the scavenger hunt or bring a new unwrapped toy will receive a FREE photo with Santa.

The Stone Oak Winter Celebration featuring AirLIFE Santa will be a great family event for all ages. Santa's arrival by helicopter always brings excitement from the crowd. It's a jolly good time for all! A play area filled with real snow will also be a highlight of the day with many other fun activities. We look forward to your participation in making this event a success.

Sincerely,
Gina Groomer–Barbera
Publisher
Welcome Home Community Newspaper