Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. Chloe will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m.
PARKING: Parking will be in the newly paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South Prospect Street. We encourage you to carpool as space is limited.
We plan to work if the rain is light. If it is pouring, you will get a cancellation call by 8:00 a.m.
If it is raining on your scheduled day, the rain date will be the next day. Plan to bring the same items you take to work at Butler-McCook.
Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. Chloe will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m.
PARKING: Parking will be in the newly paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South Prospect Street. We encourage you to carpool as space is limited.
We plan to work if the rain is light. If it is pouring, you will get a cancellation call by 8:00 a.m.
May 10 date will be postponed to another date to be determined due to the chilly weather.
Please plan to give us at least one hour of your time during the morning. Please bring your favorite tools for weeding and pruning. Chloe will arrive at the garden by 8:30 a.m.
PARKING: Parking will be in the newly paved lot next to the Amos Bull House on South Prospect Street. We encourage you to carpool as space is limited.
We plan to work if the rain is light. If it is pouring, you will get a cancellation call by 8:00 a.m.
Per request from Donna at Hillcrest Avenue Outreach Center, our committee will meet with the children on Monday, December 12, at
4:00 pm. Judy Nellen and Becky Hurvitz are planning a greens arrangement with 31 children. Donna has asked us to increase the number of children we will work with. Please bring a clippers if you plan to attend. Please let me know if you are available with this change of date. You may reach me at 860-521-1026 or mpulito@gmail.com. Thank you.
Margaret and Karen
May 10 date will be postponed to another date to be determined due to the chilly weather.
All members of the Garden Club are invited to participate in a planning discussion that will decide the WHGC leadership. If you have an email buddy, please pass along this information. This meeting will be held at Margaret Pulito’s home on Monday, April 3. You may arrive to Margaret’s at 9:00 am, find a seat, and be ready to begin promptly at 9:30.
We will break up into three groups to discuss one of three club leadership options and report back to the total group for a final recommendation to be presented to the general membership.
1. Revisions to the current President and VP leadership structure to one that would allow you to take part.
2. Creating a new leadership structure with a team of 3 leaders that divide up duties as they choose such that you would be willing to participate on the team. (For both options 1 and 2, decide which responsibilities remain within the leadership structure and which are reassigned or abandoned.)
As you are contemplating a leadership role in the WHGC, the following are responsibilities to be considered:
Set up meeting agenda and share with Recording Secretary
Chair Board and General Club meetings
Coordinate clipboards
Post relevant news (Club, FGCCT, community) on bulletin board at general meetings
Communicate/advise/support executive board and committee chairs
Work with Strategic Planning Committee regarding Constitution/Policies/By-Laws and any other club issues that may arise
Act as spokesperson in outside-the-club events
Keep records of club activities during tenure and pass along to successor
Host new member coffee annually – usually in October
Write a letter 3 times per year for publication in the club newsletter
Help with yearbook – update goals/mission – proofread if requested
FGCCT – attend meetings 2 times per year – October and April; keep club informed of FGCCT schools and courses; liaise with FGCCT, as needed
Help with fundraising
Attend/advise budget meeting annually
Store necessary club records until archived
Permanently terminate the club.
Disperse all assets to similar non-profit organizations in accordance with the provisions of CT General Statues Section 33-490.
Reach out to Shirley Hall, FGCCT Treasurer, as to specific guidelines to follow.
Provide closure with clients, programs, members.
Disperse or shred inventory, records, archives, photographs, momentos.
Arrange to have existing club materials and photos organized, archived and stored at the Noah Webster House West Hartford Historical Society.
Close website.
Disengage from Federated.
Celebrate achievements.
Point members to other garden clubs.
Acknowledge service – awards, recognition, thank you’s.