Holiday wreaths benefit kids

2:29 p.m., Oct. 13, 2005--The Delaware Mentoring Council is holding its fourth annual Wreaths for Kids campaign and is offering full, 20-inch, mixed evergreen wreaths with pinecones for the holidays for office or home. The sale helps the council, whose goal is “supporting efforts to provide a mentor for every child who needs one.”

The wreaths cost $18 without a bow and $20 with a red bow. Checks, payable to the University of Delaware, should be sent with orders to the Delaware Mentoring Council, Room 111, 200 Academy St., Newark, DE 19716.

The deadline for ordering wreaths is Oct. 26, and the pickup date is Dec. 1. When ordering wreaths, buyers should specify whether they wish to pick up their wreaths at the Perkins Student Center from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or at the council office, Room 111, 200 Academy Street from 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

The Delaware Mentoring Council is housed in the Delaware Center for Teacher Education in the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy.

For more information, call Emily Thayer at (302) 831-1665 or Doretha Davis at (302) 831-0520.

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