{"id":11476,"date":"2008-11-19T13:45:39","date_gmt":"2008-11-19T20:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=11476"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:29:48","slug":"presidents-annual-holiday-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/presidents-annual-holiday-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"President&#8217;s annual Holiday Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It might be cold outside, but there will be plenty of warmth at the annual President&#8217;s Holiday Reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, in the High Country Conference Center.<\/p>\n<p>John and Cecily Haeger invite the entire NAU family to enjoy some great food and holiday cheer and contribute to a worthy cause at the same time. Once again, the reception will include the Mountain of Giving, a donation center for community organizations. Non-perishable foods also are being accepted for a local food bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggestions for gift donations to NAU&#8217;s annual Mountain of Giving<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s toys<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers who are often overlooked during holiday gift drives. Gift cards from Wal-Mart and Target are great for them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>NAU Senior Companion Program\/Foster Grandparents<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Warm clothing in various sizes including sweaters and sweatshirts\/pants<\/li>\n<li>Socks, slippers, gloves, hats<\/li>\n<li>Stamps<\/li>\n<li>Stationery<\/li>\n<li>Lotion<\/li>\n<li>Lip balm<\/li>\n<li>Canned Nuts<\/li>\n<li>Gift Cards<\/li>\n<li>Crossword puzzle books<\/li>\n<li>Pillows<\/li>\n<li>Towels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Northland Family Help Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The center provides women, children and teens with shelter, food, counseling and support in their time of need. Often they don&#8217;t have the basic necessities of life, and the holidays can be especially difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Consult the agency&#8217;s gift registries at Target, Kohl&#8217;s and Wal-Mart for gift ideas.<br \/>\nOther gift suggestions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gift cards for food<\/li>\n<li>Gift cards for clothing<\/li>\n<li>Pre-paid phone cards<\/li>\n<li>Pre-paid gasoline cards<\/li>\n<li>Movie tickets<\/li>\n<li>New make-up, hair bands, bows, clips<\/li>\n<li>Therapeutic spa kits (loofa, body wash, bath salts)<\/li>\n<li>Male teen razor, shaving cream, deodorant<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s sweat suits (especially larger sizes)<\/li>\n<li>Women&#8217;s bath robes and slippers<\/li>\n<li>New socks and undergarments (women&#8217;s, teen&#8217;s and children&#8217;s)<\/li>\n<li>Clothing for Teens: sweaters; shoes and boots; pajamas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Board games for school-age and older children<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/presidents-annual-holiday-reception\/\">It might be cold outside, but there will be plenty of warmth at the annual President&#8217;s Holiday Reception from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, in the High Country Conference Center. John and Cecily Haeger invite the entire NAU family to enjoy some great food and holiday cheer and contribute to a worthy cause&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}