Cameron County Community Chest April Update

Cameron County Community Chest April Update

 As of April 1st, we have collected $17,002 toward our $17,500 goal. Thanks to all who have contributed so far. We are almost there. 

This month’s featured organization will be the Garden Club. The Garden Club uses funds raised for their projects to beautify our community. The members of the club plant and take care of the flowers and shrubs at the Library, Veterans’ Memorial Park, Northwest Savings Bank, the Woodland Elementary School, Citizens and Northern Bank and the containers in the Downtown area. They do seasonal decorations inside the library. The garden Club takes care of the atrium at the Guy & Mary Felt Manor and the Assisted Living planters. The Club participates in the October Festival at Sizerville State Park and has a display at the Cameron County Fair. They also do litter pickup and recycling for a two-mile stretch of Route 120W 3 times a year as part of the “Adopt-A- Highway” program. Several years ago, they were able to purchase and install a Blue Star Memorial Highway Marker at the Cameron County Veterans’ Memorial Park. 

The theme this year is: “The Art of Community Gardening”. The object of the club is to develop the knowledge and love of gardening for the mutual benefit of the members and community. We maintained the same theme as 2020 because we were not able to have in person meetings and we still want to beautify our community. 

The club has many activities planned for 2022 starting with our yearly kick-off dinner with hostesses Mary Gelnett and Nancy Couchman. They plan to teach us some songs about flowers. 

The focus this year will be to continue to plant and maintain our many planting areas. We plan to have a booth at the Cameron County Fair in August on Conservation Night in memory of past member Jan Hampton. We will do a natural craft for the children. We will be having a booth at the Super Saturday event on August 27 th . We hope to see a great harvest in our gardens so that we can have a harvest dinner in September. That month it is always fun to share plants and plant materials to fellow members. We plan to gather dried materials so that we can make a flower arrangement in November. We are going to be planning a field trip so watch for more details and consider joining us. We look forward to working with the library and it was suggested that we decorate books for summer and then again in December for Christmas. We always look forward to doing the greens in late November for the holiday season. We are also planning to give a scholarship to one student who is planning to further her education in the field of environmental studies. 

Watch for information on the upcoming events and ways to help in our community. Volunteers and new members are always welcome. For more information on the Garden Club, these activities, to participate in the activities, or if you would like to donate to the Garden Club, please contact Jill Perry. 

The 2022 Fund Drive will stay open until September 30 th . No donation/memorial is too small. Please send your tax-deductible contribution to: Cameron County Community Chest, PO Box 134, Emporium, PA 15834, Attn: Judd Schager. Help to support the Recreation Board, Community Nurses, Red Cross, Friends of the Library, Package Team, Garden Club, Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, Sylvan Heritage, 4-H, SPCA and Special Community Requests.