WESTFIELD – Presented by the Westfield State Foundation, and the Westfield State Circle K Club, Westfield State University’s annual Breakfast with Santa event is back for its 32nd year on Saturday, December 5. The event will be held in Scanlon Banquet Hall with two seatings: 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
In the three decades that Westfield State has hosted the event, almost all have been sellouts. Along with breakfast, admission includes face painting, a gift for each child, and entertainment by the Melha clowns from Shriners Hospital. Photos can be purchased for an additional fee and a raffle will be held during the event.
Tickets are $7 for children and $9 for adults. Children 3 and under can attend for free, but will not receive a gift from Santa or a seat without a ticket. Tickets will be sold online at www.westfield.ma.edu/tickets. The snow date is Sunday, December 6.
Breakfast with Santa is part of a collaboration between Westfield State and Dickens Days, a month-long holiday celebration throughout the city of Westfield. Student members of Circle K will volunteer at the event along with members of the Westfield State Foundation.
This year, Breakfast with Santa was organized by students Kaelyn Walsh ’18, vice president of Circle K, and Circle K President Morgan Leake ’16.
Leake, who has volunteered for the event for the past three years, says Breakfast with Santa is a staple in the Westfield Community.
“It’s an amazing feeling to see all the kids and how excited they get to see Santa,” Leake said. “Hosting the event allows the university to be opened up to the greater Westfield community.”
Breakfast with Santa proceeds benefit Circle K charities including local senior citizen home visits, the New England Pediatric Trauma Institute (Boston and Hartford) and the Paul Newman “Hole in the Wall Gang” organization, which sponsors terminally ill children for summer camp. Circle K is a campus community service organization sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Westfield and the Student Government Association of Westfield State University. This year, the breakfast is sponsored by MedExpress Urgent Care, Easthampton Savings Bank, and the Westfield News with additional donations from Westfield Bank and the Kiwanis Club of Westfield.
