Plans are underway for
our Mother's Day Gift Junior Gardener Activity. We invite local children to come, decorate a clay pot, plant a
flowering plant and decorate a gift card for the fee of $5/pot. We serve
popcorn and have a firetruck plus constable for the kids to see.
Wishlist:
1) Member volunteers
for 5/6, two shifts - 9 to 11 and 11 to 2. We will sign up at the March &
April meetings.
2) Still looking for
the leftover greeting cards from last year. OR replacement cards for this year.
3) Old button front
shirts to become paint shirts for our participants.
4) Paper towels - 6 to
8 rolls
5) 3 hand soaps -
1/sink.
6) Plastic cups for
brush rinse water
7) Dessert size plates
for paint palettes
8) List of nearby
daycare centers for posting publicity flyers and/or volunteers to post fliers.
Recap of Meeting
Discussion:
Who attends: Children in area
Volunteers: CCL GC Members - 2 1/2 hour shifts AND HS
Students from Key Club - shifts.
What: Children use supplies to decorate and
plant a pot, plus a greeting card for the Mother's Day gift. $5/pot. Firetruck,
EMT & Constables are invited to meet the kids. Popcorn will be served to
participants.
When: May 6, 10 to 1. Setup 9 to 10 and cleanup 1
to 2.
Where: CCL Community Center at 10702 Cypress Creek
Bend.
Supplies:
To be purchased: 100 - 6" terracotta pots, acrylic
paint, brushes, potting soil.
Other supplies:
- Flowering plants
& tree trimming above parking lot - Mike Owens
- Popcorn machine
& supplies - Ellen & Mark Jones
- Hair dryers, 2 box
fans & butterfly plant picks - Louise Rugaard
- Table covers &
contact for youth volunteers - Norma Chiaramonte
- White rocks for
holes in pots - Marsha Mausolf
- Chalkboard/photo
background & sample pots - Liz Hearn
- Publicity
fliers - Tracy Walker
- Social media and
dead tree publicity - Louise Rugaard
