Friday, December 14th, was Dothan Housing Authority's Christmas Party. Each year Glenn and his employees gather together for lunch in their Section 8 Community Room. The office ladies decorated the tables with beautiful poinsettias to match the tablecoverings. A Christmas tree in the corner of the room was surrounded by lots and lots of wrapped packages.
A feast of turkey, ham, dressing/gravy, cranberry sauce, macaroni 'n cheese, potato romanoff, sweet potato casserole, hash brown caserole, broccoli casserole, butterbeans, peas, and much more than I can recall laid on the table. Desserts included 15-layer chocolate cake, Italian Creme cake, cheesecake, pecan pie, and chocolate candies. Employees provided most of the food while some of the food was catered.
Glenn welcomed everyone after all were seated. Lisa, one of his commissioners, spoke on behalf of all the commissioners welcoming and expressing appreciation to the employees for their dedication to their work. Prayer was offered for the meal by Commissioner Jamison.
Throughout the room during the meal conversations were taking place with laughter...great fellowship time.
After our meal, Glenn introduced the new commissioner and the three new employees to the work family. He also praised his employees for their work and dedication. Two employees were recognized for their work service (25 yrs). Special to all was an announcement of a COL raise.
After Glenn spoke, the focus turned to the wrapped gifts under the Christmas tree. During the year supplies are ordered for the authority from various vendors. For ordering, free gifts are sent by these vendors with the order. These gifts are stored all year long and wrapped right before the Christmas get-together. As gifts were unwrapped I saw a BBQ tool set, Rachel Ray items, purses, and lots of shoulder bags. All in all there were approximately 35 wrapped gifts.
Every employee's name (except Glenn's) is on a sheet of paper and placed in a cannister. Hubs draws names, and the employee whose name is drawn selects a wrapped gift from under the tree. It is so exciting to see everyone having fun unwrapping the gifts and especially seeing the faces of the men who receive "women's gifts".
This day was a good day. After a fun-filled hour and half, Glenn said "Now, back to work for everyone."
