Foothills Fetal Alcohol Society

12/25/2025

Wishing our community moments of joy, connection, and care this holiday season. We’re grateful to walk alongside you. 💚

12/24/2025

✨ Surviving the Sparkle: Your Holiday Is Your Holiday ✨

Big or small. Loud or quiet. Joyful, complicated, or just something you made it through — however your holidays look, they are yours. There is no right way to do this season, only the way that fits you.

Thank you for spending this series with us.

Wherever you landed, however you showed up — it counts.

Read the final blog here:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/read-fasd/your-holiday-is-your-holiday

💚 We are here.

12/24/2025

✨ Surviving the Sparkle: Nothing Is Wrong If You’re Just Getting Through ✨

If the holidays feel heavy and your goal is simply to make it to the other side — that still counts. You don’t have to feel festive, grateful, or joyful to be doing okay.

Getting through is not failure.
It’s survival — and that matters.

Read the full blog here:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/read-fasd/nothing-is-wrong

💚 We are here.

12/23/2025

✨ Surviving the Sparkle: Recovery Days Are Part of the Plan ✨

Big holidays and family gatherings can take a lot out of a nervous system — especially for neurodiverse brains, including individuals with FASD. A quiet recovery day isn’t “laziness.” It’s regulation, comfort, and preparation for whatever comes next.

Soft clothes, leftovers, screens, naps — go for it.
It’s not giving up. It’s part of the plan. 😌

Read the full blog:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/read-fasd/recovery-days

💚 We are here.

12/22/2025

🎉🎄 CUE THE CONFETTI!!! CUE THE CONFETTI!!! 🎄🎉
(Please imagine cannons. Glitter. Elves screaming joyfully.)

🍷✨ THAT’S A WRAP — WINE/GIFT CARD SURVIVOR HAS OFFICIALLY LANDED! ✨🍷

The final name was drawn.
The bin is EMPTY.
The echoes of teams crying gently into their cocoa could be heard across the land. 😭❄️

The sleigh is now LIGHT AS A FEATHER once again — floating peacefully after weeks of festive chaos, dramatic pauses, and heart-pounding draws.

🏆 AND NOW… YOUR LEGENDS: 🏆
🥇 Grinchmas Girls and a Guy! — TOOK HOME THE BIG PRIZE and absolute glory
🥈 PJ and the Elves — second place and forever festive icons
🥉 Jingle Juicers — third place and still very much winners in our hearts

💚 THANK YOU to EVERYONE who played, shared, tuned in, cheered, and held their breath with us.
This was a BANNER YEAR — OUR BEST YET — and it only worked because of this incredible, joyful, wildly supportive community.

You showed up.
You leaned in.
You made it fun.
You made it matter.

From all of us at FFAS:
THANK YOU for surviving the sparkle with us.
Now excuse us while we sweep up the confetti and let the sleigh nap. 🛷✨

12/22/2025

12/21/2025

✨ Kindness First this Holiday Season ✨

Not everyone shows joy the same way.
A delayed thank-you, no eye contact, skipping hugs, or a quiet reaction doesn’t mean someone is rude — it might mean they’re overwhelmed, processing, or regulating.

Some brains — including those with FASD — need more time, space, and sensory safety.
Holiday joy doesn’t have to be loud to be real.

Read the full blog:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/read-fasd/kindness-first

Thanks for choosing kindness. 💚

12/21/2025

🎄🍷 BREAKING HOLIDAY NEWS: READ THIS IN YOUR BEST RON BURGUNDY VOICE 🍷🎄
“This just in… the sleigh has experienced catastrophic weight reduction.”

🚨🎟️ FOURTEEN — YES, FOURTEEN — TEAMS ELIMINATED TODAY! 🎟️🚨
It was dramatic. It was emotional.
Several elves needed emotional support hot chocolate.
Our helper almost required an emergency team of elves with juice boxes and a cold compress after the intensity of today’s draw.

We are deeply sorry to see those teams go — truly. 💚
But wow… the sleigh is now so light it could break the sound barrier.

✨ After today’s holiday carnage, here’s where we stand:
🎯 10 names left
🎯 7 TEAMS STILL HANGING ON
This is not a drill. This is not a rehearsal.
This is pure, unfiltered holiday competition.

🎆 TOMORROW — 10 AM — THE FINAL DRAW.
LAST NAME IN THE BIN WINS.
One winner.
One champion.
One gift-card/wine survivor standing atop a snowy mountain of defeated hopes.

❓ And the only question that remains…
WHAT WILL THE WINNING TEAM CHOOSE?
🍷 Wine?
💳 Gift cards?
THE SUSPENSE IS UNBEARABLE.

📺 Watch the grand finale LIVE at:
👉 www.facebook.com/foothillsfas

📝 Want to know who still has a shot at eternal sleigh glory?
Check the updated list here:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/2025-wine-giftcard-survivor

The sleigh is lighter.
The stakes are higher.
The elves are sweating in their sparkly boots.

🏆 TOMORROW… WE CROWN A HOLIDAY LEGEND.
💚 We are here.

12/21/2025

✨ Surviving the Sparkle: A Note for Siblings ✨

Being a sibling in a neurodiverse family — including supporting a brother or sister with FASD — can come with extra emotional work. If it ever feels like the attention goes elsewhere, or like you need space, reassurance, or care, your feelings are valid.

Your needs matter.
Your voice matters.
And you deserve support, too. 💚

Read the full blog:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/read-fasd/a-note-for-siblings

We are here. 💚

12/20/2025

🎄🍷 WINE/GIFT CARD SURVIVOR UPDATE!! 🍷🎄
(Please stand up, stretch, and read this in your best Gen Z Gossip Group Chat voice.)

🚨🎟️ WE JUST PULLED 21 NAMES TODAY! 🎟️🚨
And guess what??

8 TEAMS FLEW RIGHT OUT OF THE SLEIGH!
They waved, we waved, the elves cried, and cocoa was spilled.
That brings us to 21 teams left. 14 teams OUT TOTAL. FOUR-TEEN.

Is the sleigh lighter? YES.
Is the drama HIGH? ABSOLUTELY.
Are we done?? NOT EVEN CLOSE.

🎯 TWO. MORE. DAYS. OF. GLORY.
✨ 21 names drawn TOMORROW
✨ 10 names on MONDAY

Then we find out WHO GETS THE CROWN, THE GLORY, AND THE GIFT CARDS.

📺 TUNE IN TOMORROW @ 10AM!
👉 www.facebook.com/foothillsfas
📝 Want to see who’s OUT, who’s IN, and who’s clinging to hope like it’s a Christmas miracle?
Check the updated list here:
👉 www.foothillsfas.com/2025-wine-giftcard-survivor

🎤 And finally — a thunderous round of applause for the Diva of Decor herself, Alison Arbuthnott- Laycraft, our celebrity picker today!!

Did she bring the drama? YES.
Did she bring style? ALWAYS.
Did she eliminate dreams with holiday sparkle? 100%.

Hold your cocoa tight.
Hope is alive.
The sleigh is FLYING.

💚 We are here.