HERKIMER — The Herkimer Region College and Career Scholarship Foundation has started its annual natural wreath sale to support scholarships the foundation awards each year to local students.

Each wreath is $20. They are 16 to 18 inches in diameter and professionally made with natural evergreen boughs decorated with a large bow.

The Herkimer Region College & Career Scholarship Foundation is a not-for-profit community scholarship foundation. Local citizens from many professions work voluntarily as a group to generate scholarship funds for graduates of technical programs in the region.

The foundation provides scholarships to students in technical programs at Herkimer BOCES and its 10 component school districts: Central Valley, Dolgeville, Frankfort-Schuyler, Herkimer, Little Falls, Mount Markham, Owen D. Young, Poland, Richfield Springs and West Canada Valley.

Wreaths must be ordered by Thursday, Nov. 10. They will be available for pickup Tuesday, Nov. 29. To purchase a wreath in support of the foundation’s college scholarships, call Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES District Clerk Shawn Maxson at 315-867-2023.