Cottin’s Hardware & Rental in Lawrence, Kansas, starts the fall season off each year with a scarecrow building contest to raise money for local schools.
Several years ago, a customer approached store owner Linda Cottin with the idea.
“Our customer saw that scarecrow contests were becoming trendy, and she was interested in hosting a similar contest. I decided to partner with her on the project,” Cottin says. “The first year we held the contest, we decided it should be a fundraiser, and it’s been that way ever since.”
