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BUILDING LOYALTY
The name says it all. “Provision means to provide things not readily accessible, and
I wanted to give back to this university
and community,” says Self. The shop helps residents and weekend-condo owners furnish their homes, buy gifts, or entertain with style, but Self also hosts Fridays This Fall events during home football weekends.
“We showcase Southern artisans or designers (preferably someone with
a Mississippi or Ole Miss connection)
and invite guests to attend a lecture, trunk show, or book signing,” he says. Last year,the store brought jewelry artists Elizabeth Wise Hannon, Gresham Hodges and Taylor Miller; floral expert and
author, John Grady Burns; Mississippi- born painter, Marilyn Mulherin; Ole Miss alumnus and Editor-in-Chief of Veranda magazine, Clinton R. Smith and author/ designer James Farmer to town.
“We support a charity with each
event by donating about 10 percent of the proceeds,” he says. In the past Provision Oxford has contributed
to Peyton’s House (a youth ministry); Love Packs, Chucky Mullins Fund, Alexa’s Team (childhood cancer)
and the St. Jude marathon.
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