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From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 5, children ages 12 Menorah and Menorah of Freedom Dec. 6 through 16
and younger can get their pictures taken with St. Nick in the McRay Plaza.
for $10. Children and adults experience Chanukah through
SWIMkids USA is located at 2725 W. Guadalupe in an intriguing hands-on olive press demonstration,
Mesa. Call 480-820-9109 or visit
www.swimkidsusa.us. creative crafts corner and a hi-tech computer center.
Yehuda Hamaccabi greets the children and guides Department increased the hours and added a second
Christmas Idea House them through building menorahs and dreidles in event to its annual holiday toy drive.
Desert Club’s 52nd annual Christmas Idea House Legoland, and enjoying a meaningful movie in the Anyone who brings a new, unwrapped toy donation
holiday home tour and shopping event continues Chanukah theatre. Chanukah is highlighted by the to the Tumbleweed Recreation Center at Tumbleweed
through Sat., Dec. 5 at the 6,700-square-foot Gilbert kindling of the Menorah each night. Park from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wed., Dec. 9 receives a ride
home of Someburros Mexican Food owners Tim and “It is a holiday that enriches our lives with the light around the park in a Chandler fire engine. TRC is
Julie Vasquez. of tradition,” says Rabbi Mendy Deitsch, director located at 745 E. Germann Rd. in Southern Chandler.
The Jake’s Ranch of Chabad of the East Valley. “In ancient times our On Sat., Dec. 12, CFD collects new, unwrapped toys
home is open to the ancestors rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem with from 3:30-7:30 p.m. at Chandler Fashion Center. Each
general public from the Menorah. Today, we rededicate ourselves to donation earns a fire engine ride around the mall. Fire
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. making this world a better and brighter place.” personnel are tentatively planning to take and print
Sat., Dec. 5. Tickets The McRay Plaza is located at 3875 W. Ray Rd. next to photos of children on a 1936 Dodge fire truck, CFD’s
are $7 each and can Chabad on the southeast corner of McClintock and Ray first motorized piece of apparatus, for a $5 donation.
be purchased at roads. Info: 480-855-4333,
www.Chabadcenter.com. The collection point is near the valet parking area
entry. Parking and
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outside the food court on the south side of the mall.
shuttle services are FUNDRAISER: Desert Club’s 52nd Holiday Family Movie Nights The mall event also features an appearance by
on Lindsay Road
annual Christmas Idea House
holiday home tour and shopping
Bring the family and chairs to Fulton Ranch Sprinkler the Clown, and performances by the Team
between Williams event continues through Sat., Towne Center for free movies at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays Chandler Holiday Carolers and the Fire Department’s
Field and Frye roads.
Dec. 5.
in December. On Dec. 8, the film will be “White Pipes and Drums, with assistance by Chandler Fire
The Christmas Idea House is the primary fundraiser Christmas;” Dec. 15 is the animated version of Department Senior Volunteers, Chandler CERT,
for the Desert Club, an all-volunteer women’s “How the Grinch Stole Christmas;” Dec. 22 is “It’s a Chandler Fire Cadets and Fire Department Mascots.
organization. The event features gourmet treats, Wonderful Life.” Movies will be shown behind Old “The Toy Drive is a fun event for our department,
unique gifts and holiday décor, all for sale to raise Chicago, and free popcorn will be given. Attendees and it’s gratifying to put smiles on children’s faces
money for need-based scholarships and community are asked to bring a nonperishable food item for St. with rides in our fire engines and toys at Christmas,”
charities. Info: visit
www.christmasideahouse.org. Mary’s Food Bank. Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road. says Chandler Fire Battalion Chief Paul Nies. “We are
Info:
www.FultonRanchShopping.com. grateful for the generosity of our residents and for
Chanukah Wonderland the support of the management of Chandler Fashion
Visit the annual Chanukah Wonderland, a project Toy drives Center and the staff at the Tumbleweed Recreation
of Chabad of the East Valley open to the entire In an effort to provide more children in the Center.”
community, to experience the lighting of the CAN community with a happy holiday, the Chandler Fire
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