Potluck: The Armored Combat and Rapier Tourney on 11-20 will include a potluck table if you wish to bring food to share. Please include an ingredient list if possible to aid those with allergies or sensitivities. Recipes from the SCA period are welcome, but food need not be historic. No alcohol, please. We will have plugs for crock pots if needed.
Tourneys: Please bring toy donations as you are able. All levels of donation are welcome!
This year in addition to Toys for Tots, we will be supporting the Holiday Socks of Love project by selecting from smaller donated toys to fill stockings for MN kids in foster care so please consider including some smaller-sized toys in your donation.
Examples of smaller toys include: card games, markers or crayons, Play-Doh, gift cards, socks, ear buds, Mad Libs, and kids’ books. Here is some more information on this from our Baroness.
We are also emphasizing donations for the youngest and oldest age brackets (babies and teens), as they are the most typically under-donated groups.
Here is a link to an article on buying toys for babies.
Toys for Tots has some suggestions for teens: sporting equipment/bags/balls; books, backpacks, cosmetics, purses, watch/wallet gift sets, bath gift sets, board games, radio control cars/trucks, hand-held electronics, skateboards/helmets, curling irons, hair straighteners, and hair dryers. Music CDs of popular teen music are also a fun idea. CDs from the “Now that’s what I call Music” series are a safe bet.
Please be aware that realistic looking weapons and gifts with food will not be accepted by Toys for Tots.