USC Trojan Affiliates "Spring into Auction"

USC Trojan Affiliates of the University of Southern California is holding its first ever Online Boutique, Silent Auction, and Virtual Scholar Celebration. The Online Boutique and

Silent Auction will take place Saturday, March 20-Sunday, March 28, 2021 and shoppers will have access to the vendor’s websites 24/7. The Auction will begin at 8:00 a.m. on March 20th and will end on March 28th at 8:00 p.m. The Virtual Spring Celebration honoring USC Scholars will take place on Thursday, March 25th from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

These events, which raise money for the Trojan Affiliates Scholarship Fund, are normally held in person, however due to the current Covid-19 pandemic, the organization has opted this year to hold their Spring Boutique and Silent Auction online. The community will have access to thirteen fabulous vendors who are generously providing 20% of their sales to the Scholarship Fund. The vendors include Mermaid Arts, Hazels Bagz and Apparel, Olive U, Beach House by Mikala, Gourmet Blends, April Hicks, Lavenderblue, Savor the Flavor, Herban, Peg Board Highway, VIPSCentQueen, Mrs. Hovies Toffee, and Social Butterfly Designs.

Guests are urged to peruse each vendor’s website and use special codes – either USC2021, Trojan, Trojan 20, TA21,USC 21, or FIGHTON21 to enable your purchase to benefit the Scholarship Fund. The website addresses may be obtained by entering the name of the vendor in your search engine or by contacting Spring Boutique co-chair Ann Palmer at acp3rd@gmail.com who can email you a flyer listing all the vendor website addresses and the exact code to use when you make your purchase.

Guests will also have the opportunity to bid on sixteen unique Silent Auction baskets. The baskets include a Dodger Basket and USC Basket, which include tickets to Dodger and/or USC games, an Italian Gourmet Basket, Basket of Linen products from Lavenderblue, and Taste of Sierra Madre Basket– an array of items from shops in the City of Sierra Madre. Ann Palmer may be contacted to provide guests with the Silent Auction link at acp3rd@gmail.com

A highlight of the Spring Scholar Week includes the Virtual Spring Celebration honoring the Trojan Affiliates scholars on Thursday, March 25th from 7:00-8:00 p.m. Several of the ten scholars will speak about their experiences as USC students and sneak peaks of goodies and merchandise will be offered by Savor the Flavor and Hazels Bagz & Apparel. To gain access to the zoom code for this hourlong celebration, contact Membership Chair Kandi Wopschall at wopschall@earthlink.net.

USC Trojan Affiliates, a women’s support organization within the USC Alumni Association, welcomes all interested women residing within the San Gabriel Valley to join its membership and participate in this weeklong event. Its next virtual meeting, featuring Beyondthebookwithjulie interviewer, Julie Chan Lin and filmmaker and author of contemporary and paranormal romances, Moni Boyce is scheduled virtually on May 6th. More information will be available in this newspaper in April.