Senior hosts fourth annual Pop-Up Thrift Shop Proceeds from the event will support the Nature Preserve, BU’s Food Pantry April 15, 2021 Sidney Slon/Photography Editor All of the proceeds from the fourth annual Pop-Up Thrift Shop will be donated directly to the Nature Preserve and the Binghamton University Food Pantry. This year, College-in-the-Woods Dining Center will once again be converted into a secondhand store in order to raise funds for the Binghamton University Food Pantry and Nature Preserve. The Pop-Up Thrift Shop, run by Jacob Kerr, a senior majoring in science communications, has for the past three years fundraised on behalf of the Nature Preserve, raising about $1,000 each time. In the past, its funds have been used to treat the hemlock trees of the Nature Preserve to protect them from a species of destructive invasive insect. This year, proceeds from the shop will be split equally between BU’s Food Pantry, which will use them to purchase produce and perishable items for sale over the summer, and the Nature Preserve. The Pop-Up Thrift Shop will take place this Friday, April 16, from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the College-in-the-Woods Dining Center.