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NEW PROJECTS [NP] Conservation Community NP1. It's So Easy Going Green. Club members plan to engage the Worthington Hills community, young and old, in the process of "living green" by providing a series of informative meetings about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle every day. The initial community meeting, which will take place at Worthington Hills Elementary School in the fall 2009, will provide general background on what to do in the home and in the garden. Subsequent meetings will focus on specific topics of interest. Established in 2009 Community NP2. Elementary School Herb Garden. Club members will provide the materials and labor necessary to re-establish the herb garden that the Club planted at Worthington Hills Elementary School in 1988. For three years school parents provided the maintenance of the garden but found it too labor intensive. Our members are reclaiming the herb garden from weeds and overgrowth. We will plant new herbs to provide an herb garden classroom for the school. Our members will maintain the site. Established in 2009 Community NP3. Marketing Campaign. A committee will define a long-term marketing strategy for the Club with the goal of attracting new members. Emphasis will be on identifying new program ideas and promotional strategies including an updated logo, typefaces, brochure, banner, and other communication tools. Established in 2009 Community NP4. Garden Tour 2010. Every two to three years the garden club showcases the most beautiful gardens in Worthington Hills in a garden tour open to the community. The committee for the 2010 tour has already begun preparations for setting criteria, touring and selecting gardens, defining the publicity, identifying the sponsors, and mapping out a program booklet. The tour will take place in the summer 2010. Established in 2009 Continuing Projects [CP] CP1. Conservation Pennies for Stoves. Club members find innovative ways to fund this project, which aims to reduce the amount of wood removed from the rain forests of Rwanda and The Democratic Republic of Congo. Local people learn to make stoves from easily available materials such as clay, sand, ash, and sweet potato vines, for a cost of just $3 per stove. These stoves use one/third less fuel than traditional open fires for cooking. Established in 2008. CP2. Conservation Seeding The Wilds. Members collect needed native plant seeds as part of the Butterfly Conservation Initiative. A list of needed seeds is published in the Forget-Me-Not. The seeds are donated to The Wilds nature preserve, a 10-acre butterfly habitat located on reclaimed surface-mined land in Cumberland, OH, 88 miles east of Columbus. Established in 2004. CP3. Conservation A. Seeds of Friendship. Members collect and donate vegetable and flower seeds that are not readily available to the people of Rwanda as part of the GCO project with Partners In Conservation (PIC). Providing food sources to the Rwandans discourages them from hunting the endangered mountain gorillas native to Rwanda. Specific seeds needed: bush green beans, green bell peppers, carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, onions, Spanish onions cosmos, and zinnia. Seeds should be for the current growing season (2009). Deadline for donations is the GCO Spring District Meeting, 2010. Established in 2004. B. The Imbabazi Gardeners. Ten gardeners are responsible for growing all the food for the Imababazi Orphanage in Rwanda. We will raise funds/collect donations to purchase 10 pairs of identical pruners and sturdy leather gloves. They will be delivered to Rwanda in May and November 2008 by PIC representatives. Additional funds will be used to purchase garden equipment and work boots in Rwanda for these men. Established in 2007. CP4. Community Columbus State Scholarship. We will present one $1,000 scholarship to a Columbus State Community College Landscape Design student in September 2008. Proceeds from the annual Plant Sale are designated for the scholarship fund. [WHGC Minutes: 10-13-00] The sale is held the first or second week in May at the swimming pool of the Worthington Hills Country Club ♣.
2000 - Elaine Ewer 2001 - Marc Rohner 2002 - Joseph Mudd 2003 - Amy Holmes 2004 - Marcia Fox 2005 - Catherine Andres 2006 - Crystal Morter, Nicholas Pruitt 2007 - Katherine Moushey 2008 - Joseph Patterson Established in 2000. CP5. Community A. Tree Fund. The Tree Fund Committee certifies that funds are available to plant trees that enhance and beautify sites (gardens, cemeteries, patriotic memorials, or historic sites); investigate potential sites; bring recommendations to the WHGC Board of Directors; with agreement and funding of the board, arrange for the planting of the trees, and report back to the Board; after trees are planted, report back to the Board. These are not " memorial trees" planted to recognize any single individual. Established in 2003. CP6. Community Alzheimer’s Therapy. WHGC members meet at the Columbus Alzheimer Care Center at 700 Jasonway Avenue, Columbus, OH 43214 in a program incorporating activities with singing, dancing, and “remembering” from 10–11 a.m. every Tuesday. Craft items and refreshments are provided. Our members bake cookies for these meetings. WHGC funds an annual holiday party for the center’s staff. Since the Alzheimer's committee was not always able to have a piano player for the sing-along, with the help of a local high school student, a CD was prepared to use when a pianist was not available. This has been a great success. Established in 1992. CP7. Conservation Aluminum Can Recycling. Members recycle aluminum cans with the goal of raising at least $200 each year. Of that amount, this year $50 will be used to adopt a Black Rhino at the Columbus Zoo, and $150 to help fund the gardening tools of the Imbabazi Gardeners project. Established in 1990. |
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| Mary Jane Stofer's garden |
| Shirley Decker's daffodils |
| Janice Tilley's garden |