{"id":14112,"date":"2009-12-09T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-09T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stage.headlessnauedu-b6hgdzckfdgxgzhe.westus-01.azurewebsites.net\/?p=14112"},"modified":"2015-08-17T14:50:40","modified_gmt":"2015-08-17T21:50:40","slug":"enjoy-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-at-the-presidents-holiday-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/enjoy-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-at-the-presidents-holiday-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Enjoy the most wonderful time of the year at the President\u2019s Holiday Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Get into the spirit of the season at the annual President&#8217;s Holiday Reception from\u00a03 to 5 p.m. today, Dec. 9, in the High Country Conference Center.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<strong>John\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Cecily Haeger<\/strong>\u00a0invite the entire Northern Arizona University 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>Suggestions for gift donations to NAU&#8217;s annual Mountain of Giving:<\/p>\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. Consult the agency&#8217;s gift registries at Target, Kohl&#8217;s and Wal-Mart for gift ideas. Other gift suggestions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Children&#8217;s toys\u2014board games for school-age and older children<\/li>\n<li>Teenagers are often overlooked during holiday gift drives\u2014<br \/>\ngift cards from Wal-Mart and Target are great for them,<br \/>\nas well as sweaters; shoes and boots; pajamas<\/li>\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 (loofah, 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<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"search-results-excerpt-link\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/enjoy-the-most-wonderful-time-of-the-year-at-the-presidents-holiday-reception\/\">Get into the spirit of the season at the annual President&#8217;s Holiday Reception from\u00a03 to 5 p.m. today, Dec. 9, in the High Country Conference Center. &nbsp; John\u00a0and\u00a0Cecily Haeger\u00a0invite the entire Northern Arizona University family to enjoy some great food and holiday cheer and contribute to a worthy cause at the same time. Once again,&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":14118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happenings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14112","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=14112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}