Tri Kappa Ready For Annual Pumpkin Sale
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
The women of Tri Kappa have washed more than 1,000 pumpkins this year to prepare them for their annual pumpkin painting frenzy and subsequent sale.
For the rest of this week and most of the next, active members of the sorority will be stenciling, painting (with markers) and outfitting the golden globes harvested from Keith Cook's fields in preparation for the fall decorating.
This year the pumpkins sport scarecrow hats and faces and witch hats and faces.
Closed off in an Eisenhower Elementary School room, the women work in three shifts that last for 2-1/2 hours each. Proceeds from the annual sales, which began in 1994, are applied toward the organization's scholarship program, which has benefited more than 525 women and girls since the scholarship program began.
The scholarships are available to high school graduates and adults furthering their education in either a vocational or professional area. Selection is made on the basis of grade point average, aptitude in the student's chosen field of study, official application and financial need.
In 1999 Tri Kappa awarded $16,000 in scholarships for Warsaw-area students.
The local chapter of the 90-year-old sorority also raises funds through Bowling for Scholars, cookbook sales and selling Uncle Al's Pecans.
Requests for scholarship applications should be addressed to Amy Higgins, 267-7870.
The pumpkins cost $10 each and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis by contacting Jennifer Tandy, 267-6788, or Jennifer Hollar, 267-8418. [[In-content Ad]]
The women of Tri Kappa have washed more than 1,000 pumpkins this year to prepare them for their annual pumpkin painting frenzy and subsequent sale.
For the rest of this week and most of the next, active members of the sorority will be stenciling, painting (with markers) and outfitting the golden globes harvested from Keith Cook's fields in preparation for the fall decorating.
This year the pumpkins sport scarecrow hats and faces and witch hats and faces.
Closed off in an Eisenhower Elementary School room, the women work in three shifts that last for 2-1/2 hours each. Proceeds from the annual sales, which began in 1994, are applied toward the organization's scholarship program, which has benefited more than 525 women and girls since the scholarship program began.
The scholarships are available to high school graduates and adults furthering their education in either a vocational or professional area. Selection is made on the basis of grade point average, aptitude in the student's chosen field of study, official application and financial need.
In 1999 Tri Kappa awarded $16,000 in scholarships for Warsaw-area students.
The local chapter of the 90-year-old sorority also raises funds through Bowling for Scholars, cookbook sales and selling Uncle Al's Pecans.
Requests for scholarship applications should be addressed to Amy Higgins, 267-7870.
The pumpkins cost $10 each and will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis by contacting Jennifer Tandy, 267-6788, or Jennifer Hollar, 267-8418. [[In-content Ad]]