A Santa breakfast at the Shops at Harper's Point, Symmes Township, brought the Christmas spirit and generated $2,061 for Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

The breakfast was held Dec. 7 and 14 at deSha's American Tavern. This is the sixth year the Shops at Harper's Point and Kindervelt Number 33, a fund-raising organization for Children's Hospital, have partnered to give the breakfast.

"Every year we are thrilled to have all the children and families here to celebrate the holidays," said Nick Sanders, owner of deSha's. "They make the restaurant feel magical and get us all into the spirit of the season."

A Kwanzaa celebration is set for 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Woodward High School auditorium, 7001 Reading Road, Bond Hill.

The event is sponsored by the Citywide Kwanzaa Committee.

For more information, call 961-5222 or 221-0341.

Members of Bethel African Methodist Church and communities around Oxford have collected 350 pounds of school supplies through the church's Bethel's Book Bags to Africa program.

The Estelle Hasty Women's Missionary Society at Bethel launched the program last spring.

The book bags will be sent to a school in Defatick, Senegal, one of the more depressed areas of West Senegal.

For more information about the program, call 523-8560.

Nominate your favorite firefighter, someone you think took a risk to save someone from a fire, for an award to be given by the Shriners.

Nomination forms may be obtained by calling 872-6383.

An awards banquet is scheduled for 7 p.m. Feb. 5 during National Burn Awareness Week.

The awards ceremony is sponsored by Syrian Shriners and Shriners Burns Hospital.

Syrian Shrine is one of 191 Shrine centers associated with the Shrine of North America, an international fraternity with about 515,000 members throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada and Panama.

The Shrine's philanthropy is Shriners Hospitals for Children, a network of 22 hospitals that provide no-cost orthopedic and burn care to children.

The third-grade class at Indian Hill Elementary School played Santa Claus to the children at the Friars Homeless Shelter for families and for adolescent youth at Friar Children's Residential Center in Clifton Heights.

The class is taught by Ellen Nuckols.

"Without the generosity of Ms. Nuckols, her students, teachers and parents, these children would not have a Christmas," said Dottie Ciok, development director at the Friars Club.

The eight children at the Children's Residential Center received their gifts Tuesday. Parents will present the gifts to the 25 children at the shelter today.

Allen Howard's "Some Good News" column runs Sunday-Friday. If you have suggestions about outstanding achievements, or people who are uplifting to the Tristate, let him know at 768-8362, at ahoward@enquirer.com or by fax at 768-8340.