Mr. Collier, Welding instructor, and senior Jacob Kerscher arrange pieces of yard art that will be for sale at the May 8 event.
The career center is wrapping up an unusual school year with a return to community engagement, hosting the Pickaway-Ross Spring Craft Show, an outdoor event from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, May 8, on its main campus at 895 Crouse Chapel Road.
In addition to craft show vendors, a flower sale will take place. Also scheduled are fundraisers to benefit a Pickaway-Ross junior who was recently diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Students from the Commercial Foods Career and Early Childhood Education labs will be selling prepackaged baked goods and bottled water and the Welding lab will be selling yard art.
Preschool teacher Jessica Williams is raffling off a farm tub with homemade pickles, apple butter, honey and preserves, a farm-themed child’s size T-shirt, a knitted stuffed goat and a children’s gardening kit, a farm home décor sign from Hidden Cabin Craft and a pair of earrings from Crouse Chapel Craft.
Children will be able to visit with Miss Jess’ dwarf goats, take part in some games and win prizes.
Student Council is providing goodie bags for visitors 10 and younger.
Visitors also can take part in a raffle for a fire pit built by students in the Welding lab used in this year’s SkillsUSA competition. Money raised from the raffle will benefit the PRTA Scholarship.
A table with used books will be set up and donations for books will go back to the school library.
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presentatives from the Pickaway County Family YMCA and the YMCA of Ross County will have an information table and each location is providing a membership as door prizes.
All activities will take place in the front of campus.