Women's auxiliary board bakes and decorates for NGU
By: Rachel Ham
Issue date: 9/16/08 Section: Entertainment & Features
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Staff Writer
From birthday cakes to extension cords, the North Greenville University Women's Auxiliary Board shows Christ's love to NGU students every day in many different ways. The women do many things for students behind the scenes around campus.
The Board is made up of friends and alumni of the university and was started by Gretchen Epting, Barbara McCormick, and Deborah Tingle. Some of the female faculty and staff of North Greenville are also members of the Board. There are approximately 76 members.
Several of the women are gifted in interior design and are using their talents to benefit the school. They have already redecorated the mountain cabin off Chinquapin Road and the Crusader Room in Hayes Gymnasium. The lobby of the Donnan Administration Building is presently being redone.
Students can directly benefit from other ways the Board has served our campus. For the past two years, the extension cords given to new students at orientation were supplied by the Board for use in the resident halls. The Board also funds two or three commuter luncheons during each school year.
To honor one of its founding members, Dr. Barbara McCormick, who is also the wife of former Vice President for Academics Dr. J. Lee McCormick, the Women's Auxiliary Board has recently started a scholarship. This scholarship will be awarded to a deserving female student.
Providing a yummy surprise to students on their birthdays is another thing the Board does on campus. Partnering with the Office of Advancement, the Board mails out flyers to student's homes at the start of each semester. If parents wish, they can fill out the form, choosing between yellow or chocolate cake with icing, brownies, or cookies to send to their student. The women take turns baking the goodies for each birthday request.
The Board asks for a small donation of $15 for the homemade cakes and sweets. This money goes towards future projects.
On the student's birthday, he or she will receive a call from Laverne Howell, who is the representative for the Women's Auxiliary Board, to come and pick up his or her gift in the Office of Advancement. On the form that the parents fill out, there is also a space for a birthday message.
A few students have already received gifts this semester. Alex Smith, freshman outdoor leadership, got cookies and a card for his birthday back in August. "If I could tell them thank you I would say thanks for the cookies that you made for my roo[m]mates … because they ate most of them! But thanks to my mom who ordered them and the ladies that made them," said Smith.
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