Carleton to Host Annual Craft and Custodial Bake Sale

Carleton College’s annual Craft and Custodial Bake Sale will take place on Friday, December 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Great Space in the Sayles Hill campus center. The event is free and open to the public.

The popular annual sale dates back to1983 when Carleton staff member Loretta Springer and her co-workers decided to coordinate an organized event to sell various homemade items. These items range in variety from jewelry, woodcarvings, cards, music CDs, popcorn and baked goods, and quilts. A total of 37 vendors participated in last year’s Craft and Bake Sale and helped raise $1,951 for the College’s Scholarship Fund.

Carleton custodian Pat Flynn established the Custodial Scholarship Fund in 1993. Over three-quarters of the custodial staff at Carleton give back a portion of each paycheck to help fund an endowed scholarship given each year to at least one Carleton student. In 1997, Flynn organized the first annual bake sale in partnership with the craft sale to help raise money for the Scholarship Fund.

For more information about the event, or to participate as a vendor, please contact Loretta Springer at lspringe@carleton.edu or (507) 222-4186. The fee for vendors with a Carleton connection is $5; for outside vendors, the fee is $20.