This holiday season is going to look a little bit different this year, but in this case, different is going to be amazing! Macaroni Kid Lincroft-Holmdel-Tinton Falls is excited to announce that we will be starting a trend to pay it forward and flood our community with kindness this holiday season with our You've Been Elf'd event! With less events and public gatherings than ever before due to the ongoing pandemic, Macaroni Kid Lincroft-Holmdel-Tinton Falls will be spreading the holiday cheer by Elf’ing 100 local families between December 1st and 7th and starting the “Pay It Forward” trend that will continue in our local neighborhoods throughout the month.
Each Elf bag will be stealthily delivered to the recipient's front porch and will consist of surprise treats and goodies for the whole family. Macaroni Kid Lincroft-Holmdel-Tinton Falls and the local sponsoring businesses are supplying all of the goodies to stuff the bags. "We are excited to spread joy throughout the community in this unique and exciting way" said Macaroni Kid Publisher Stacey Jones. "It will be wonderful to make this holiday season even more spectacular and fun for our community than ever before, especially during a time that has been challenging for everyone. None of this would have been possible without the generosity of our amazing sponsors! We are extremely grateful to our Title Sponsor, Trinity Hall, and to all of our other Community Sponsors: Inspired Minds Fine Art School, Melrose Realty, Escapology Escape Rooms Holmdel, Suzi's Sweet Shoppe, Snapology of Monmouth County, Middletown Sports Complex, iPlay America, and Board & Brush Creative Studio Red Bank. We also thank Creative Roots for being an event sponsor."
Macaroni Kid Lincroft-Holmdel-Tinton Falls is a free weekly e-newsletter and website that highlights all of the great things for kids and their families to do in our community. It covers the towns of Lincroft, Middletown, Holmdel, Tinton Falls, Red Bank, Shrewsbury, Colts Neck, Rumson, Fair Haven, Little Silver, Highlands, Atlantic Highlands, Sea Bright, Farmingdale, Wall, North Howell, and Howell.
Families in all of the towns listed above are eligible to be surprised with an Elf Bag this holiday season by signing up using the registration form found at this link. Registration is now open and will remain open until November 28th or when the 100 spots have been filled, whichever comes first. Sign up but make sure to keep it a secret from your kids and let them enjoy the Elf Bag surprise!
If you receive an Elf Bag:
- Enjoy your treat and have fun trying to figure out who left it for you. Take a picture of your kids enjoying their Elf Bags and post it on social media using hashtags #ELFMacKidLHTF #mackidlincroftholmdeltintonfalls (feel free to tag our social media pages in your post: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram).
- Tape the "We've Been Elf’d" sign on your door or front window.
- Print out 2 copies of the "You've Been Elf'd" page and the "We've Been Elf'd" page and make 2 Elf Bags to give to your neighbors or friends (printables found below).It's simply a little treat that you leave on a neighbors doorstep to surprise them! There are no rules to how big or small it has to be, just an act of kindness to bring a smile to someone's face.
- Deliver your bags STEALTHILY to 2 neighbors who haven't been Elf'd yet.
Printables
*You don't have to receive an Elf Bag to give one! If it's after December 7th and you haven't yet received one, go ahead and start the trend in your neighborhood and give out a couple of elf bags.
