[Peace] AWARE meeting Sunday, December 26, 2010 5pm 5 Litchfield Lane, Champaign / bring a white elephant gift if you want to play a game

[Karen Medina]

REMINDER; 5pm this evening at the Estabrook house!

> On Dec. 26th, the AWARE meeting will be chez Estabrook, Five
> Litchfield Lane in Champaign (the last house on the left [sic] in a
> cul-de-sac opposite Bottenfield School).
>
> AWARE meeting
> Sunday, December 26, 2010
> 5pm
> 5 Litchfield Lane, Champaign, Illinois (more on the location below)
> Bring a white elephant gift if you would like to play the game. The
> "gift" should be of a value of as close to zero as you can get. If you
> have something around the house you want to get rid of, this is
> perfect. A slightly different take -- look for or create for something
> peace related. See more of the explanation below.
>
> More on the location:
> * Litchfield Ln is east off S. Prospect Avenue, Champaign, Illinois;
> south of Kirby Avenue, yet north of Windsor Rd., and north of
> Devonshire Dr.
> * Google map: http://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=5+litchfield+lane+champaign&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=5+Litchfield+Ln,+Champaign,+Illinois+61820&gl=us&ll=40.092633,-88.255363&spn=0.007945,0.010557&t=h&z=16
>
> More on white elephant gift exchange:
> * If we have six people or more, I propose that we play "white
> elephant gift exchange" -- The goal of a white elephant party is to
> entertain -- not to gain. Each participant is asked to bring a gift
> worth no more than a pre-agreed upon amount. Nothing is a good amount.
> The term white elephant refers to a gift whose maintenance costs
> exceed its usefulness.
> * Gifts are typically inexpensive, humorous items or used items from home.
> 1) Participants draw numbers from a hat to determine the order for
> taking turns.
> 2) The players take turn in the corresponding succession.
> 3) Each person takes his or her turn choosing a gift. The first
> participant unwraps a gift from the pile and then shows it to
> everyone. The next player can either "steal" an already opened gift or
> be adventurous and go for a wrapped gift from the pile. If the
> participant chooses to steal an unwrapped gift, the person whose gift
> was stolen now repeats their turn and either steals another person's
> gift (they cannot immediately steal back the gift that was just
> stolen) or unwraps a new gift. This cycle of stealing can sometimes
> continue for a long time until a new gift is chosen at which point the
> turn is passed to the next participant.
> (taken from a wikipedia entry, White Elephant Gift Exchange" (party
> game): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_elephant_gift_exchange )