November 2024 News Release - Our Donations to Local Organizations
The Gardeners Club of Green Bay conducted a garden walk of residential gardens in July of 2024. AS a nonprofit club, our proceeds are donated to nonprofit organizations to assist them with horticultural endeavors.
In November of this year, $500 donations were made to each of four local organizations:.
In November of this year, $500 donations were made to each of four local organizations:.
- Baird Creek Preservation Foundation will update the signage for an exciting new addition to the Baird Creek Trail System that goes through a prairie and overlooks three ponds.
- ADRC (Aging and Disability Resource Center of Brown County, Inc.) will update the planters in front of their building.
- The Allouez Beautification Committee to be used for plantings at the four existing Allouez Welcome Signs
- Military Ave. Business District will be adding plantings and color to two bus stops on northern Military near Mason Street.
January 2024 - Treasurer, Barb Kamps, presented a $500 check to Steve Lambert who is a volunteer at Heritage Hill. This donation is earmarked for the purchase of trees to be planted on the Heritage Hill property after the removal of invasive plants such as buckthorn and honeysuckle.
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Being a nonprofit organization, our club donates proceeds from fundraisers to other nonprofits who are involved in horticulture/gardening activities. The club membership voted January 2024 to donate $1,000 to Community Gardens for their Planting for a Purpose program. CJ Janus presented the check to Rachel Quintas, the Brown County Community Gardens Coordinator.
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Local Community Projects - Over the Years
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One of the community projects conducted over the years has been at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary.
2009, 2014, and 2022-24
Corey Behnke helping with the plantings.
This memorial bench is in the name of Barbara Vandersteen, a long-time member of our garden club. Her family presented us with a donation of $1,000 to be used for the gardens at Bay Beach Sanctuary. Work has begun on this project the fall of 2023.
Here are the planters along side the Barb Vandersteen bench planted in May 2024
This was a planting of native plants in 2009.
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Planting the bunkers at the YMCA, Huron Road, Green Bay, May 2019
Plantings have grown!
September 2019
Completed work at the NEW Curative Rehabilitation Center.
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The Gardeners Club of Green Bay
is affiliated with
The Gardeners of America
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is affiliated with
The Gardeners of America
Click here to learn about the parent organization.
