Breakfast with Santa Set for Dec. 11 at Seasons 52 at The Mall

Santa will visit with youngsters, their parents and grandparents at “Breakfast with Santa” on Dec. 11, 8-9:30 a.m., at Seasons 52 restaurant at The Mall in Columbia, 10300 Little Patuxent Parkway. Santa will talk with youngsters and their families at their tables. Miss Julie, the Mall’s Family Fun Day entertainer, will be the hostess of the breakfast.

Breakfast prepared by Seasons 52 will include scrambled eggs, bacon, French toast sticks, fruit, juice, milk and coffee. Student volunteers from Howard County high schools will serve as greeters and wait staff.

Tickets for the breakfast are $15 per guest, children 6 months and younger are free. “Breakfast with Santa” benefits Grassroots, Howard County’s 24-hour crisis intervention center and shelter for the homeless. There is limited seating. Make reservations at www.grassrootscrisis.org/breakfastwithsanta/

About Grassroots

Grassroots provides the county’s only emergency shelter and 24-hour crisis intervention services. Professional crisis counselors staff Grassroots’ 24-hour hotline; see walk-in clients in need of immediate counseling; and operate the Mobile Crisis Team, which responds with the police to community emergencies. Grassroots also manages the county's emergency shelter for men, women and families who are homeless and serves as the single point of entry for the Coordinated System of Homeless Services. In addition, Grassroots operates the Day Resource Center in the Leola Dorsey Community Resource Center and manages the Cold Weather Shelter during the winter months. For information, visit www.grassrootscrisis.org