Santa breakfast brings a big gift

Each year, in early December, FivePine Lodge & Conference Center in Sisters hosts Breakfast With Santa. It's a great way for families to enjoy some time together and for kids to make their wish list known to the jolly old elf.

It's also a great way to create a significant and meaningful gift for other kids in the community - kids whose families may be struggling to make ends meet.

On December 28 FivePine donated the entire proceeds of the event - $2,195.85 - to Family Access Network.

According to FAN Foundation donor relations representative Nancy Childers, the funds will be "used to help local children in need."

Those needs may entail helping with a heating bill for a family, or providing a winter coat for a child, or assistance with a child's medical or dental needs.

FivePine has hosted Breakfast With Santa for eight years, always in support of a local charity or non-profit; the past two, FAN has been the recipient.