CCS bookstore interior

Glen Morren
Bookstore Manager

Rachel Barker
Bookstore Assistant Manager

Back in December, Marketing and Communications asked Bookstore Manager Glen Morren to help in the creation of 22 swag gift packages for the winning elementary, middle and high school students of the Michigan Design Prize. What Marketing was hoping for was the Bookstore to simply throw together some gift bags with a sweatshirt and pencils. What they got was way beyond their greatest expectations. Knowing that this effort could help cultivate the next generation of designers, Glen and Rachel worked together on organizing several different styles of gift boxes, all customized for the different age recipients, in hopes of further igniting their interest in art and design. They sent pictures of the different boxes and their contents for approval, collected the sizes of all the winners to further personalize the gifts, hand-addressed all twenty-two of them and sent them. The result? 22 students of all ages, from all over the state, adorning CCS gear, with access to age-appropriate art supplies. A major win!