BARSTOW Barstow College Foundation will be hosting its 10th annual Festival of Lights and Learning Tuesday - a tradition that brightens the campus not only with lights, but also with scholarships.
The festival begins at 4 p.m. in the plaza outside of the campus’s Learning Resource Center and will continue until 7 p.m. The lighting ceremony will begin at 5 p.m.
The Barstow College Foundation raises money for scholarships by collecting donations for a strand of lights to be hung in their honor. So far the foundation has raised more than $10,000, but hopes to raise more than last year’s $12,000 by the end of the festival.
The money will go toward scholarships for high school seniors transitioning to Barstow Community College.
"This event helps to go toward the more than 100 scholarships given to students by the foundation," said the college’s spokesperson Maureen Stokes. "It’s a collective effort. We try to raise money any way we can."
The event will have a booth for donating on the night of. To have a light hung there is a minimum donation of $25 for the general public or $5 for students.
In addition to the buildings lighting, the event will feature a raffle, free gingerbread cookies, goodie bags for children and, of course, photos with Santa Claus. There will also be craft and food vendors at the event.
The Santa Claus photo booth, which costs only $1, will be hosted by the Barstow Crossroads Kiwanis Club. BCC ASB student worker Selina Maldonado, who helped organize the photo booth, said they decided on a gingerbread house theme because, "It’s something different."
The night will also feature entertainment from local artists, the BCC Jazz Ambassadors as well as choirs from First Baptist Church Youth and Barstow Christian School.
Festival of Lights and Learning
4-7 p.m. Tuesday
Barstow Community College, 2700 Barstow Road
$25 donation to have lights in your honor
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