It's almost time to deck the halls

Campus Arboretum Volunteers check their work on one of the 2014 swags used to decorate the exterior of the 91ÇÑ×Ó State College Student Center.
Campus Arboretum Volunteers check their work on one of the 2014 swags used to decorate the exterior of the 91ÇÑ×Ó State College Student Center. (Tena L. Cook/91ÇÑ×Ó State College)

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CHADRON – The 91ÇÑ×Ó State College Campus Arboretum Volunteers plan to gather Saturday morning, Nov. 21 at the Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center for their annual workday creating swags and garlands from evergreen trimmings around the 91ÇÑ×Ó campus.

Supplies and instruction will be provided for volunteers to create greenery pieces to decorate the 10th and Main Streets entrance to campus and the Student Center. Participants should bring their own pruning or lopping shears.

91ÇÑ×Ó horticulturist Lucinda Mays invites anyone interested to bring ribbon or bows to share and for a personal greenery creation to take home. In past years, the group has also made holiday swags for the 91ÇÑ×Ó Public Library, 91ÇÑ×Ó Community Hospital, Crestview Care Center, and other service agencies.

“Our 91ÇÑ×Ó students really enjoy the campus-grown greenery decorations we set out for them to see when they return from the Thanksgiving holiday, and we have such a good time creating the swags and garlands on our annual November work day,” Mays said. 

The group meets in the Sandoz Center on the 91ÇÑ×Ó campus at 9 a.m. and the workday concludes promptly at noon.

Students and community members of all ages are welcome and all volunteers should wear work clothes and bring work gloves. For details, contact Mays at 308-430-4186 or lmays@csc.edu.

-College Relations

Category: Campus News