Scholarships
SGC supports the Arizona Federation of Garden Club's scholarship program by obtaining 100% State Life Memberships for all its active members who have been in the club for two or more years.
Project Leader: Sherry Baer
Horticulture & Design Moments
SGC continues to educate its members through brief presentations at each meeting on gardening/horticulture topics or floral design ideas. This allows new members to learn and current members to pass along their valuable experience.
Project Leaders: Aurien Preiss and Carol Parrott
Plant-A-Tree (formerly Penny Pines)
The Plant-A-Tree jar is passed around at all meetings to collect members' loose change. Donations are contributed to the National Forest Service to be used to reforest burn areas in National Forests in Arizona.
Project Leader: Susan Salembier
Conservation & Evironmental Education
Working with local elementary schools, SGC encourages students to participate in the National Garden Club's Woodsy Owl/Smokey Bear Poster Contest. This encourages children to observe, explore and care about the environment around them while exercising their creativity.
Project Leader: Aurien Preiss
Membership Growth and Community Awareness
SGC members distribute club brochures at community events such as Earth Day to increase membership and expand awareness of the benefits of gardening knowledge and of conservation and protection of natural resources.
School Gardening
Working with students at Cochise Elementary School, members assist in planting and maintaining gardens at the school campus. Students learn soil preparation, composting, propagation, nourishment and harvesting.
Project Leader: Aurien Preiss
Veteran Assistance
SGC members show their support by compiling hygiene items in 1 qt zip bags. Club members deliver the bags to the VA Community Resource and Referral Center in Phoenix. From there they are distributed to homeless men and women vets who are living on the streets in our local area.
Project Leader: Diane Davis
Recycling Glasses, Hearing Aids and Cell Phones
SGC members donate glasses, hearing aids and cell phones which are contributed to the Lions Sight & Hearing Foundation. The Lions evaluate and repair the items and dispense them to needy children and adults.
Project Leader: Judy Shelton
Arbor Day Tree Planting
Each Arbor Day, SGC donates a tree to be planted in a public area of Scottsdale to be enjoyed by future generations. Our most recent donation, a live oak, was planted at Comanche Park in Scottsdale.