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Painted Cookies with Santa Benefits CT Hospice
Wilton’s favorite “cookie lady” Susan Schmitt is hosting her 3rd Annual Fundraiser with Santa at the Painted Cookie Shop this Sunday, Dec. 17 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. to benefit CT Hospice.
Santa will be on hand for visits with kids, and each child gets a chance to talk with him while parents or Santa’s elves take pictures. Then each child is invited to color-a-cookie to bring home and leave out for Santa on Christmas Eve. The suggested donation is $25, and the event is drop-in, so no reservations necessary.
“I do this to honor [my husband] Matt‘s brother, Michael Schmitt, who we lost three years ago to pancreatic cancer. Michael was Wilton High School Class of 1973, and Bill Dexter, our Santa, was at WHS at the same time,” Schmitt says.
The Painted Cookie is located at 196 Danbury Rd./Rte. 7.
Toy Drive for Person to Person at AFC Urgent Care
AFC Urgent Care is collecting toys for Person-to-Person‘s annual “Toy Store” toy drive. Each December, P2P hosts a “Holiday Toy Store,” for families they serve to visit and to select a new gift and book for each child, plus a board game for the family. AFC Urgent Care is accepting donations of unwrapped gifts for all ages (birth- to 15-years-old). There is also a P2P Toy Store 2017 Wish List on Amazon.
AFC Urgent Care is located at 607 Main Ave. in Norwalk, just over the Wilton town line on Rte. 7, across from the DMV. Person-to-Person serves families in need from lower Fairfield County, including Stamford, Norwalk, Darien, New Canaan, Weston, Westport, and Wilton.