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 Notes from our Co-Presidents
June's luncheon
was a huge success and we are all looking
forward to the next luncheon at the
Elliott
Museum,
12 noon on July 15. The invitation and the
menu are attached. Please make your
reservations as soon as possible.
Hope you are having a good summer! See you soon! Faye Flack and Georgia Fowler, Co-Presidents   Summer is here and many of you are on the move! Jensen Beach Garden Club is on the move, too!
Our first summer luncheon is Thursday,
June 17 at Kyle G's. Attached is the
beautiful
invitation designed by our luncheon
chairman, Mary DeCastro, which will give you
more information. Hope to see you next
month!!
Your new Executive Board met on May 11 to
plan for the coming year. These are the
actions that were taken:
1. Adopted the in-person Board and
Membership meeting schedule for 2021-22.
October 13 General Membership meeting will
be at the Environmental Studies Center.
Look for your Yearbook this fall with
information on all meetings and trips.
2. Adopted the 2021-22 budget. Please see
attached. You will note that due to
collecting no dues (except for new members)
we will need to use savings to balance the
budget.
3. Voted to put before the membership a
Bylaws housekeeping change that moves the
date for collecting dues to the fall. See
attached. You can use this as your ballot
to vote YES or NO and return by email or at
one of the summer luncheons.
4. Welcomed 8 new members since the Annual
Meeting in April! Please see attached list.
5. Agreed to do a plant arrangement for the
Hoke Library for National Garden Week - June
6-12. Thanks to Georgia for creating a
bromeliad planter to give to the library.
Don't forget to let Jan Rogan (kaylarogie@hotmail.com)
know of any happy/sad correspondence she
should send to club members.
Thank you for helping us rebuild the Garden
Club after the virus and for your continuing
interest in learning, gardening and
friend-making! Looking forward to seeing
you again - in person!
Faye Flack and Georgia Fowler, Co-Presidents
May 2021
Along with our April
21st General Meeting and luncheon at the JBCC restaurant, comes the close of a
very different season for the Jensen Beach Garden Club. A huge thank you to
our Past Co-Presidents, Stephanie Kurkjian and Ann Cloutier, for weathering
us through this very difficult storm of a pandemic; one that we hope can be
seen in our rearview mirrors. It was Stephanie’s unrelenting force that
pushed us ahead in a year that was plagued with injury, illness and sadly
the passing of loved ones. Stephanie stepped up and stepped in when her
buddy and Co-President Ann Cloutier was forced to take a small step back because of the
pandemic restrictions.
Stephanie gathered the forces of her
board members; 1st VP Sharon Pegurri, 2nd VP Johanna Lupo, Treasurer Linda
Biagioni, Assistant Treasurer Dotty Brinkman, Parliamentarian Gail Rounds
and our committee members; and kept them busy planning each forward move in
unsure times. Together these people volunteered to pitch in and continued
moving us onward via phone, email and Zoom meetings. Annie Ruffing and Dotty
Tazzetta showed up to do and oversee biweekly gardening, sporting their
masks and keeping count of fellow JBGC volunteers in our gardens at Hoke
Library, Indian River Park, and the Log Cabin at Langford Park Senior
Center.
And with our new season we welcome new
Co-Presidents Faye Flack and Georgia Fowler. These women have been members
of the garden club since first moving to the area. They are both very much
involved in the betterment of the community. This year they are assisted
some new and past board members; 1st Vice-President Sharon Pegurri, 2nd
Vice-President Dina
D'Angelico-Elms, Treasurer Linda Biagioni, Corresponding
Secretary Jan Rogan, Recording Secretary/Asst. Treasurer Carol Felix. I
have heard some of the great
programs and trips
planned are sure to bring a fun,
social and educationally
rewarding 2021-2022 JBGC season ahead.
Well, here is to a fun and environmentally stimulating 2021-2022 season.
Wishing you all a healthy and happy spring!
Application for Membership (Allow pop-ups and print to fill out)
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April 2021 Closing Meeting Hello Fellow Garden Club Members I hope you are enjoying this glorious weather we
are having in south Florida. Perfect for gardening! The last meeting of our 2020-2021 Garden Club
season is scheduled for 11:00 on Wednesday, April 21st, and we are planning
a luncheon at the Jensen Beach Golf Club (formerly Eagle Marsh Golf Club).
We will have the whole, large, dining room, and we are hoping you are ready
to get out and socialize with your fellow Garden Club members. The
lunch menu includes a choice of entrees: 1) Pasta primavera with a
side salad, cookie and coffee; or 2) A garden salad with grilled
chicken breast, cookie and coffee. The cost for either entree is
$16.50, which includes tax and tip. Reservations and prepayment are
required by April 15th for planning purposes. Checks should be made
payable to the Jensen Beach Garden Club, with your choice of entree noted on
the memo line. Please mail your payment to our Assistant Treasurer,
Carol Felix, at 82 Aqua Ra Dr., Jensen Beach, FL 34957 Please arrive by 11:00 for socializing. At
11:30, we will have a short business meeting, which will include the
induction of our new officers, the annual President's Report, and
information from our new Co-Presidents, Faye Flack and Georgia Fowler, on
upcoming plans and ideas for our 2021-2022 season. Lunch will be
served at 12:00. We are looking forward to seeing all of you on
the 21st. For everyone’s safety, masks will be required before and
after eating. Love, Stephanie Kurkjian, Co-President
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