FOLSOM, CA – Starting Friday at noon, HobbyTown USA in Folsom will be launching a 24 hour attempt to break a Guinness World Record,
all in hopes to bring awareness to a local charity. Store owners, Steve and Karen Romito have teamed up with the Twin Lakes Food Bank in Folsom to try and raise food donations for the food bank that services the Folsom, Carmichael and Orangevale areas. “Everyone thinks to donate during the Christmas season, but the need is really great this time of year, especially this year, in this economy,” said Karen Romito. “We hope to bring attention to that.” The current Guinness World Record for putting the 24,000 piece puzzle together is 56 hours. Romito and her husband hope with the community’s help they can break that record and help Twin Lakes at the same time. “We can have between 20 and 25 people working on the puzzle at one time, and have divided it into four, 6,000 piece puzzles,” said Romito. The Romito’s have divided up their staff of eight to work through the weekend and hope the community will stop by and contribute to the cause. “We will be working in shifts and have it set up so you can just stop by and drop off food if you don’t like puzzles.”
Hobbytown USA is located at 2761 East Bidwell St., 400 in the Broadstone Plaza in Folsom. For more information on the event you can call 916-984-6266.