In March our guest speaker, Melissa Williams, Executive Director of Fierro Marine Lab, gave a presentation on what is happening at the lab. They are in the process of fundraising to move their campus to the location known as Pebble Beach. Her slideshow focused on how they are planning to enlarge their space and add programs for the kids in the area. You can still stop by and visit and see what is going on now.
In February guest speaker Tobey Nelson, CPH, gave a great presentation on the winter garden and how to make it look good and what plants to put in the garden to be able to bring the beauty into your home. We loved the pictures and her excellent knowledge of all things nature! She teaches classes at Venture Out Nursery on Whidbey Island. https://www.ventureoutnursery.com/
Our January meeting was awesome. Founder of 4PA, Joe Dascala joined us and told us all about 4PA (a non-profit) and how well the program is working. He has a great plan to clean our neighborhood and help the homeless have an opportunity to make a new start. If you are interested in being involved visit his website at https://www.4pa.org/
What a great way to end a wonderful fun filled year. Our club got to spend time together in December, eating and enjoying a great presentation from Leilani Woods on how to use broken pottery in the garden. Bringing new life into things that seem broken or not usable can remind us to have hope. Enjoy the pictures of our time together as friends!
November club meeting was a great success! We are back at First Presbyterian Church and it is a lovely place to be. Our guest speaker and member from Canada was Corrie Ten-Have. Corrie uses natural material to make all her designs and they are beautiful as you can see from the pictures. You can tell she is super passionate about floral designs. She decorated some lovely arrangements for us to auction off to the club members with the proceeds to benefit the local food bank. We raised over $500 because we have the best members in the whole world.