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We asked our 4th grade friends at Shaver Elementary to share one favorite thing about the holidays. From our Port family to yours, we hope their drawings make your season a little brighter.
Happy Holidays from the Port of Portland!
For the answer to this question, we went straight to 24 opinionated 4th graders - Mrs. Jody Tucker's class at Shaver Elementary, located in the Argay neighborhood right near PDX and our Port of Portland headquarters.
We heard answers that made us smile, laugh and pulled at our heart strings. Each one reminded us that it's the simple moments that mean the most during the holidays.
We're proud to support the important work Shaver does to build the leaders of tomorrow. From our Port family to yours, we hope these drawings make your season a little brighter.
Megan Zimmer - Visual Designer for the Port of Portland, working with the kids to put their ideas onto paper.
"My favorite part of the holiday is seeing my family and going places."
"My favorite part of Christmas is eating all the delicious food with my family."
"The holiday that I like is Ramadan because after the sun goes down, my family eats a special meal."
"One of my favorite parts of the holidays is seeing my family's reaction when I give them my cards."
Steve Cowden - Senior Digital Comms Designer, Port of Portland, listens intently to the kids talking about their favorite things during the holidays.
"The most important day of the Holiday is Christmas cause you get to spend time with your family members and eat with cousins, brothers, sisters."
"My favorite part of the holidays is getting to use my Canon camera and seeing my pitbull Popi."
"One of my favorite parts of the holidays is seeing my aunt on Thanksgiving and Christmas."
Jayson Shanafelt - Community Affairs Outreach Coordinator, asks the kids about their favorite holiday activities.
"One thing I do is play outside in the snow because it is very fun."
"One of my favorite parts of the holiday is on Christmas my family and me go on walks in downtown Portland."
"Traveling with family to go see my teso (grampa) I eat muk tuk."
"One of my favorite parts of the holidays is going to the park with my family and celebrating my mom by releasing balloons in honor of her life."
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