Released October 9, 2009

Event for students, faculty, staff and community doubles as canned food drive and fundraiser

(Columbia, MD) – Howard Community College (HCC) invites the college community and general public to celebrate the arrival of the fall season at the Fall Festival on October 16, 2009 from noon to 5 p.m. on the HCC campus.  Tickets for the event are $15 for a family pack (two adults and two children), $3 for guests age 5 to 15, $5 for HCC students with I.D., and $7 for guests age 16 and up.  Activities include face painting, games, food and prizes.  “Up,” the blockbuster feature film from Disney-Pixar, will be shown from 3 to 5 p.m. in HCC’s Smith Theatre.  Reduced tickets prices are available for those who bring canned goods to donate.  Proceeds from the event will go to charity.

For more information, call 410-772-4896, email studentlife@howardcc.edu or visit www.howardcc.edu/studentlife.

Reduced ticket prices with canned good donation:

Family Pack: $5 off with 3 canned goods
Children and Teens (ages 5 to 15): $1 off with 2 canned goods
Adult Rate (ages 16 and up): $2 off with 2 canned goods
HCC Students: free with 3 canned goods

About HCC
Howard Community College (HCC) is a publicly funded two-year community college serving the educational needs of the citizens and employers in Howard County, Maryland since 1970. With its slogan, “You Can Get There from Here,” the college has forged a variety of partnerships to offer career and transfer programs to over 28,000 students annually at its main campus in Columbia, the Ecker Business Training Center, Laurel College Center, and the historic Belmont Conference Center. Located midway between two major metropolitan areas, Washington DC and Baltimore, MD, Howard Community College is an affordable, community-based institution that has long been recognized for its ability to inspire learning, and the lifelong pursuit of personal and professional goals. Among its many awards is the prestigious U.S. Senate Productivity Award for organizational performance excellence.