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TIDEWATER DISTRICT
Green Meadow Point GC
Submitted by Mary Sue Floyd
The Green Meadow Point GC has continued
for the 4th year to present Chucky
Chipmunk and his “Stop Throwing-Start
Stowing” message to our local youth.
We returned to the four-year-old class
at the Kinder-Prep at Aldersgate United
Methodist Church. We were also invited
to bring the message and Chucky to the
four-year-old pre-school at Churchland
Baptist Church, the kindergarden class at
St. Christopther Academy, and the third
through fifth grade students during Earth
Day celebrations at Western Branch Intermediate
School. At each presentation
we discuss littering, recycling, reusing,
and protecting the environment as well as
vocabulary expansion using the meaning
of “stowing” and “steward or stewardship.”
We take craft supplies for students to complete
and take home as a reminder of their
activities as well as an age-appropriate
workbook. The conclusion of the program
with each group is an appearance from
Chucky Chipmunk allowing any students
to give Chucky a hug or handshake as
they wish. This spring this club reached
a total of 200 hundred intermediate age
youth, 95 pre-school children and 15 kindergarden
children, which means over 300
children sharing the message with their
families and friends to “Stop throwing-
Start Stowing.”
Green Pine GC 70th Anniversary
Submitted by Joan Wedgewood
The Green Pine GC of Portsmouth
is proud to announce that club member,
Karin Fleishman, won 3 of the 4 Design
Division Awards at the Tidewater District
standard flower show, “Special Interest
Gardens from Tropical to Desert,” held at
the Convention Center in Virginia Beach
on March 4-6. She received the Award of
Design Excellence, the Designer’s Choice
Award and the Table Artistry Award.
The garden club also sponsored a
Small Standard Flower Show, “Spring is
in the Air,” on April 5 at the Churchland
Branch Library. Glenda Knowles was
awarded “Best-in-Show” in the Horticulture
Division for her pink camellia. In
the Design Division, “Best-in-Show” was
awarded to Bill Smoot.
The Green Pine GC celebrated its 70th
anniversary with a luncheon at the Cedar
Point Country Club in Suffolk on May 10.
The occasion also marked a farewell to
Chucky Chipmunk greeting students to the outgoing president Charlotte Griffin
promote his environmental message. and a welcome to incoming president
Mary Westfall.
Summer 2011 Old Dominion Gardener 25