In the mist of the holiday season the Utah State University’s Bookstore prepares for the second annual Festival of Wreaths. This event will benefit Cache Valley families who are in need of food during the holiday season. It will be held on Dec. 1st from 5-7 p.m. in the Taggart Student Center.
A silent auction will take place on all wreaths that have been donated by departments on campus, colleges, clubs, organizations and members of the Cache Valley community.
This is a nonprofit event and 100 percent of the proceeds will be donated to the Cache Valley Food Bank where the money will be used to purchase food for families.
If one would like to donate a wreath he or she must sign up with the Marketing Department at the USU Bookstore to pick up his or her wreath. Wreaths may be decorated in any way and then are to be turned in at the customer service desk in order to be displayed.
“People have been bidding on the wreaths throughout the whole month of November,” said Amy Jepsen, a manager at the USU Bookstore. “We have over 41 wreaths total.”
Anyone who wishes to place a bid on a holiday wreath can go to the customer service desk located in the bookstore until 7 p.m.
“If you are the winning bidder we will call you and give you a time to pick up your holiday wreath,” said Jepsen.
“Bids start at fifteen dollars and go up to about seventy five. We have several different wreaths and it all goes to a great cause,” said Whitney Jones, cashier at the USU Bookstore.
Mat Wittier, manager of the Cache Valley Food Bank, enjoys helping local families in need, especially during the holiday season.
“With all of this donated money that we get from the event we are able to use it to operate the cost for food purchase,” said Wittier. “We also are in the process of building a new building for our food bank and this is completely based off of donations.”
Edited by:
M. Menzdorf
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