“A Woodland Feast” is planned for the Orcas Island Education Foundation’s Food for Thought Benefit on May 25.

The walls and tables in the Four Winds Camp main lodge will once again be filled with student art at this year’s Food for Thought Benefit being held on Saturday, May 25 from 6 to 9 p.m. Several  pieces available for auction are on exhibit for all to admire at the Orcas Center during the month of May.

Since the venue of the benefit is surrounded by a beautiful, lush forest, the inspiration for the artwork comes from the theme of this year’s event, “A Woodland Feast.”

Objects reflecting this theme are being made by students with the help of island artists and teachers.

Pieces include a chair made of cedar collected from local beaches, split and worked with hand tools then fastened together with bronze ring nails made by OASIS K-8 science students with Brett McFarland, which was a study of force, pressure and inertia. Another is a “magic rotating lamp” of forest images made by Sharon Harvey’s third grade class along with Gus McMurray.

Live auction items will include some highly sought-after and rare items like a dinner for six prepared by The Secret CookBook Club, a wooden bowl making workshop, and a table crafted by woodworker Jonathan Loop.

All monies raised by this major OIEF fundraiser go specifically to support and maintain important public school programs and student scholarships.

The casual, picnic-style dinner will feature barbecue brisket (in ample supply this year), pulled pork sliders, vegetarian baked beans, various salads, Abby Rueb’s famous chili-corn pudding and several desserts.

Tickets are $40 per person and may be purchased at www.oief.org, at the Orcas Elementary School Office or the Orcas Chamber of Commerce Office.

Free childcare will be available at the camp during the event, but parents are asked to provide dinner for their children.