By Kelline Linton, Chief Copy Editor

The smell of homemade pecan and apple pies will fill the Teague Special Events Center during Summit as the Women for ACU sells coffee and pies Monday through Wednesday from 10:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

The pie table is set in the center of the Summit exhibits and visiting area, and visitors can purchase a slice of pie for $2. The members of WACU and volunteers from local churches bake the pies, but the group also uses donations to buy pies from bakeries and grocery stores.

“It’s a great way for people who come to Summit to get together,” said Hazel Fillmon, president of the local chapter of WACU. “We have tables and chairs, and they can sit and visit in between lectures.”

All proceeds from the sale will help the WACU fund its scholarship endowment. The WACU began the fundraiser in 2002, and the group raised more than $5,000 through the pie sale last year alone.

Through such fundraisers, the WACU gave 14 scholarships in the 2007-08 school year that were worth $1,000 to $2,000 each. Students, both male and female, can apply for its scholarships through their various departments in the spring semester. The WACU will announce the scholarship winners for this year at the Women’s Dinner on Tuesday at 4:45 p.m. in the Williams Performing Arts Center. Tickets for the event are $12. Scholarship funding depends on the amount raised the previous year.

“We try to help as many as we can with as much as we can,” Fillmon said.

Since its founding in 1969, WACU has donated more than $1 million to ACU for scholarships and special projects, including the furnishing of the College of Education, new instruments for the Big Purple Band and the beautification of McDonald Hall.

The WACU’s largest fundraiser is a food sale every Thursday from 1 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Women for ACU Museum, where visitors can purchase homemade desserts and casseroles at low prices.