ATLANTIC REGION AND NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS, INC ALICE WITTERHOLT, PRESIDENT
“Sow the Seeds of Knowledge, Creativity, and Environmental Stewardship”
Our homepage icon (upper right corner) is the design that Joy Ericson presented, this past October, as a Tribute to Delaware at the CAR Conference in Tarrytown, New York.
The DFGC welcomes all new Life Members. The money goes directly to our youth scholarship so it is a good cause. In addition, it is a nice way to honor a club member. Click here for the State Life Membership Application
Barbara Borleske, our Conservation and Environmental Chairman, would like to remind everyone that the new Dupont Environmental Center is opening this month downtown at the Peterson Wildlife Preserve. The management of the center is by the Delaware Nature Society. The web site has the information about programs - many this falls are very exciting. Go to www.delawarenaturesociety.org -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Parliamentary Procedure Workshop
The Delaware State Association of Parliamentarians (DSAP), National Association of Parliamentarians® (NAP) will conduct a Basic Principles of Parliamentary Procedure Workshop on Monday, March 22, 2010 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Sheraton Dover Hotel, 1570 N. DuPont Highway, Dover, DE.Workshop topics are: “Guidelines for Conducting Successful Meetings,” “Rights of Members and Motions to Protect Them,” and “Committees: The Working Machines of an Organization.”A panel will answer your Parliamentary Questions.Workshop presenters include William E. Starkey, PRP, Past President of New Jersey State Association of Parliamentarians and NAP District One Coordinator; Robert Sidell, CASL, CLU, DSAP and NAP member; Delores Henry, DSAP and NAP Member; Berlin N. Hollingsworth, Ph.D., Vice President, DSAP and NAP Member; and Reba R. Hollingsworth, Ph.D., President, DSAP and NAP member.
The workshop, designed for officers, members, committee chairs of organizations and clubs, and those who are interested in parliamentary procedure, will cost $35.00 per person, which includes lunch.To register, make checks payable to DSAP and mail to Mrs. Wanda Davis, DSAP Treasurer, 32 Pine Reach, Rehoboth Beach, DE19971 by March 15, 2010.For more information, call 302-227-9194 or 302-734-5211.
Submitted by Regina Brown, DSAP and NAP member
A MESSAGE FROM Marion Hilliard Government Action Education Committee Chair National Garden Clubs, Inc:
Starting January 27th through March 3rd Public Broadcasting will repeat the Ken Burns Documentary on the National Park.
Check your local TV schedules for broadcasting times.
I watched the entire series. It was extremely interesting to be reminded how our National Park System began and how fortunate we were to have men and women with vision.
The deadline for submitting information for the April DFGC Newsletter is February 28, 2010. Email the news, activities and advertising, printer ready, to cattiva@magpage.com. Photos need to be in JPEG.
STATE MEETINGS
STATE MEETING Date: April 21, 2010 Time: 10AM Location: Modern Maturity Center Hostess Club: Duck Creek Hort Soc Topic: Horticulture Zone & Plant Sale Chairman: Dottie Howatt Registrar: Carol Modesto The April Meeting Luncheon will cost $25.00
Next Board Meeting: March 17, 2010, 9:30AM Bridgeway Restaurant, Smyrna
