Fireside Roasting and Toasting

Wednesday December 15

1:30 pm – 3:30 pm

https://ufl.zoom.us/j/98932915213

password sent to all staff via email. If you don’t have it by Tuesday, Dec. 14, contact a committee member

Winter Celebration Schedule 2021

We invite you to participate in the following:

• Charity Drive – This year we are supporting UF’s The Hitchcock Field & Fork Pantry. Collection boxes will be picked up next week (Dec. 20-23), or donate directly: https://pantry.fieldandfork.ufl.edu/donate-new/.

• Photo matching contest – Entries due by end of day, Dec. 8; submit a current photo, and a photo of a younger you celebrating something (birthday, graduation, first lost tooth, etc). You can review the entries prior to the party here:

Photo Match Game

• Breakout room options – Part of the celebration is an opportunity for attendees to separate into smaller groups for socialization. We will be hosting trivia (at least twice), and have a couple of rooms with preset themes, and several rooms for general chat. Let us know where you’d like to start by completing the survey here, by Monday Dec. 13: https://tinyurl.com/2021WC-breakout-rooms (anyone who does not provide a preference will be assigned to a general chat room)
  • General Chat
  • Trivia Room
  • Travel
  • Food and Recipes
  • Holidays and Traditions
  • Multi-player Puzzle

The ability to move yourself to a specific breakout room depends upon what version of the Zoom client you have installed. Make sure your Zoom program is up-to-date with the latest version to ensure you get the most out of the party.

• Virtual White Elephant Gift Exchange – Sign up by end of day, Dec. 1; Unwrapped / simply wrapped physical gifts dropped off to pick-up locations by Dec. 8. We are hosting this virtually, and each participant will be randomly assigned a number. Game host will “unwrap” gifts when chosen, by displaying photos to participants. Pick up location information will be sent to participants via email. Game will begin at 2:50 pm.

Virtual White Elephant Gift Exchange Rules

• Cookbook – Entries due by end of day, Dec 8; Submit more than one recipe if you’d like, and following the celebration in December, a PDF version of the cookbook will be made available to all who are interested.

• Zoom background contest – Entries due by end of day, Dec. 8; create a zoom background with the Theme “Fireside Roasting and Toasting.” Entries will be considered for the following categories:
  • Most Library-ish
  • Best of Show
  • Most Creative
  • Coziest
  • Best Use of Color