NHGC and Members Honored at Federated Garden Club Award Luncheon
On Oct. 30, nine members from the North Haven Garden Club attended the Federated Garden Club 90th Awards Luncheon held at Aqua Turf in Plantsville. Members attending the function were Bene’ Jablonski, Jim Grillo, Cindy Golia, Gerri Giordano, Ellie Tessmer, Marge Quinn, Cindy Adinolfi, Pat Brodka, Carmen Sealy, and Brenda Howlett. The North Haven Garden Club received 14 awards from The National Garden Clubs, Inc., New England Garden Club Inc., and The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut Inc.
Awards received by the North Haven Garden Club included:
A first place Certificate of Commendation for Social Media/Website and for Membership/Promotion, and a first place Youth Poetry Award for Jessica Haeckel and Certificate of Participation for Holly Begin, all from the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Haeckel and Begin both were also New England Garden Clubs Youth Poetry Award first place winners in their grades.
The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc. Connecticut Tribute Award for Conservation went to Gerri Giordano. The Lillian M. Rathbun Award, the Connecticut club’s award of honor, went to Cindy Golia.
The North Haven Garden Club was also recognized with Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut’s Civic Development-Presidents’ Bowl, Club Certificate of Achievement for Environmental Concerns and Conservation, Newsletter (first place small club), Publications Certificate of Merit Electronic Media-Facebook Page (first place small club), Publicity Press Book (first place), and Special Overview of Facebook History(first place small club).
The North Haven Garden Club was additionally the Yearbook Awards Certificate Class II first place winner and was given the Luckner Youth Award.