Twenty-Second Annual Holiday Happening

The Christmas season kicks off in Portales with the 22nd. Annual Holiday Happening. Each year Altrusa sponsors this event which takes place at noon at the Campus Union Building of Eastern New Mexico University. The doors were opened at 10:30 am to reveal 67 tables all decorated for Christmas, every year it is an amazing sight to see.

A welcome was given by Beverly Bennett on a stage that looked like it belonged in a Hallmark movie which included a very special dedication to Altrusan Judy White who passed away this year. A luncheon was served by Sodexho while a Micah Thompson narrated a Holiday Style show sponsored by Dillards. The tables were sponsored by various groups throughout the community.

A silent auction table was packed with Holiday Goodies/Gifts which participants kept the bidding going until the last moment. The proceeds from Holiday Happening will be used by Altrusa for projects in our community. Some of Altrusa’s ongoing projects are: a book is given to every second grader in Roosevelt County, Meals on Wheels, College Scholarships, Sight for Life and Learning eyeglasses, Decorations for downtown Portales, Imagination Library, Toys for Hartley House, Items donated to Heartland continuing Care Residents.