This December, the NC State University Chapter of Ceres Women’s Agricultural Fraternity held its First Annual Festival of Trees event. These remarkable women collaborated with faculty and the community to get five Christmas trees donated to area families. The trees were donated from area Christmas tree growers, including Misty Gill of Daniels Farm, Frank Barick, Bobby Brock, and A.K. Griffin of Griffins Evergreens. Ceres hosted the outdoor event in the campus brickyard, which involved decorating the donated Christmas trees from top to bottom with a variety of creative decor in an effort to win the tree decorating contest. Throughout the day, the organization played Christmas music, had a visit from Santa Claus, provided hot chocolate, and decorated the trees.
In the evening, the trees were on display for the decorating contest, judged by the College of Natural Resources’ Tiffany McLean, Dr. Barry Goldfarb and Dr. Gary Blank. The Agriculture Institute Club won the decorating contest with their tree adorned in tractor ornaments that were carefully created with candy. At the close of the event, the Ceres Women’s Agriculture Fraternity delivered the beautiful trees to five less fortunate families living in Wake County. Wake County Human Services helped the organization to find these deserving families.
The event was a great success thanks to the dedicated members of the Ceres Women’s Agriculture Fraternity, led by President Priscilla Morris, a junior in Forest Management. The Festival of Trees event offered students a chance to collaborate, celebrate, and give back to the community during the holiday season.