LSU HSC Scarecrow Decorating Contest 2025

Sock Drive:
The Harry Tompson Center is located at 1803 Gravier Street and is a collaborative day shelter designed to improve the daily lives of the unhoused community of New Orleans. The HTC gives away, on average, 80 pairs of socks per day. HTC clients prefer black or white quarter socks – they cover their ankles and do not slip down into their shoes. Serving more than 200 individuals per day, the HTC strives to meet basic needs through four pillars of service: hygiene, health, hospitality, and housing. Guests can access showers, restrooms, laundry, healthcare, housing navigation, case management, cell phone charging, WIFI, and more. HTC hygiene facilities often act as a gateway to greater care. While guests are waiting in the courtyard, they can talk to case workers, volunteers, and staff about their challenges, and HTC staff work to connect them with the resources they need to work towards their individual goals. For more information about HTC, please visit https://www.harrytompsoncenter.org/.

Registration for Contest Portion:
Register a team of 2-6 members by 5:00 pm Thursday, October 30 at this link:
https://forms.office.com/r/Rk5waGnyRH

Submit a photo of the completed scarecrow by email to staffsenate@lsuhsc.edu, November 1-13.
Each team must deliver at least 5 pairs of socks (black or white quarter socks are preferred) to one of the following locations by 5:00 pm on November 13. Place your team’s name on the package of socks. If socks are not received by the deadline, the team will be disqualified. Delivery locations:

• • • HDC 457 Angelica Bruno
    • HDC 424 Pam Galindo
    • MEB 2205 Jessica Riche
    • LEC 526 Patty Oates
    • AHN 321 Nic Manuel
    • DS Admin 5315 Michele Holmes

Vote for your favorite scarecrow in each category, November 17-20 (information on how to vote will be sent November 17). Teams will be judged in the following categories (choose your category during registration):

• • • Best fall/harvest
    • Most creative/funniest
    • Best Healthcare

Prizes:
$50 to one team in each category.
The winner in each category will be announced on November 21.

Guidelines/Limits/Prohibitions:
Suggestion for scarecrow placement: in a chair, on a stand, in a large pot, or on an office door (see date restrictions below).

• • • Before November 20, scarecrows must be displayed inside an office or cubicle. If on a door, it must be on the interior side of the door using a wreath hanger.
    • Starting November 20, scarecrows may be displayed in the department entrance lobby or the exterior side of an office door using a wreath hanger.
    • Size limitation: no bigger than 5’ tall x 3’ wide
    • Scarecrows cannot be taped or glued to exterior doors, interior or exterior walls, or any surface that would be damaged by adhesives. Do not let any part of the scarecrow touch or be attached to walls.
    • Family-friendly – decorations must be in good taste, and not gruesome, scary, bloody, or horror-related.
    • Not controversial – themes cannot be political, religious, or otherwise controversial.
    • No open flames allowed.
    • All parts of the scarecrow must be firmly attached so nothing falls off.

Have fun and enjoy the fall season!