Chillicothe Jaycees
12100 Pleasant Valley Road
PO Box 6186
Chillicothe, OH 45601

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Special Santa

The Chillicothe Jaycees have run the Special Santa project for many years. The goal of Special Santa is to collect toys and raise funds to purchase toys for disadvantaged children throughout Chillicothe and Ross County. Ideally there will be a special Santa for each child who is in need of something for Christmas. Thanks to programs such as "Rock for Tots", a charity auction run each year to help raise money for organizations like Special Santa, we are able to provide many children with presents on Christmas morning. However, without the help of the public, this project would not be possible. We would like to encourage as many people as possible to take an ornament from one of the locations below this Christmas season. The Jaycees would like to thank all those who participate in this project for your help. Because of your contribution, more local children are able to wake up to a brighter Christmas morning.

  • No Open Enrollment
  • Please return all gifts to the location where you got the orniment no later than December 10, 2008.
  • Donors don't need to wrap the gifts just make sure the ornament or number is on the outside of the package.
  • Voice Mail: (740) 772-9797
  • Inquiries may be sent to specialsanta@chillicothejaycees.org.

Pick-Up Dates

Applicants will be notified individually when their gifts are ready to be picked up. Gifts may be picked up this year on the following dates and location.
Dates: Monday, December 7th - Friday, December 18th
  6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Location: Yoctangee Park - Armory
Intersection: Alexander & Tritcheller Rd.
Chillicothe, OH 45601

How Does the Special Santa Project Work?

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Children eligible for the Special Santa project make a wish list for Santa Claus. An ornament is made for each child by the Special Santa helpers. The child's wish list is attached to the ornament. Christmas trees are decorated at selected locations around Chillicothe with the ornaments.

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Step 6

Locals in Chillicothe take an ornament from the trees, buy gifts from the child's wish list, and return the ornament with the gifts to the place where they took the ornament. The gifts are picked up by Special Santa helpers, organized by family, and then picked up by the children's parents. The gifts are put under the family's Christmas tree on Christmas morning.

A Special Thanks!

The Chillicothe Jaycees Special Santa wishes to thank the following people for their support in this year's project. The Special Santa project could not have been a success without the help of the following groups and individuals.

Rock For Tots
City of Chillicothe
Horizon-Chillicothe Telephone Employees
Kitchen Collection Employees
Kenworth Employees
Citizens National Bank
All American Achievers 4-H Club
Sprint PCS
Scioto Valley Association of Realtors
Coldwell Bankers
Ross County Banks
Wal-Mart
YSK Employees
Paint Valley Students (Mrs. Pauley)
Kingston National Bank
Amy’s Simply Devine Nail Salon
St. Mary and St. Peter’s Church
Looks Unlimited
National City Bank
WKKJ
Chillicothe Nursing & Rehab
St. Pauls Epsicopal
Elks
Whited, Seigneur, Sams, Rahe
St. Pauls Knitters
Ross County Chamber of Commerce
Casa Del Taco
Globe Furniture
YPN
Shawnee Lanes
Printex
Curves
Worthington Elementary
Dr. Richard Villareal & Chillicothe OBGYN
Chillicothe Fitness & Racquet Club
Menasha
USEC
Glatfelter
Giovanni's Pizza
Adena Medical Center
AAA
***Chillicothe Jaycees would also like to thank the “ special elves” in the community that picked up an ornament from a tree and bought for a child.
 
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