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SOUTH ATLANTIC REGIONAL AWARDS Cash awards for various achievements are offered by our region to state federations, member clubs and councils. The State Awards Committee reserves the right to submit for Regional Awards any application made for State Awards which are considered outstanding and worth of submission. WVGCI Awards are marked with * that have similar SAR Awards. The following is a summary of SAR Awards. Contact the State Awards Chairman for requirements of these awards. Clubs cannot directly apply for these awards it must be through the State Awards Chairman. SUMMARY OF SOUTH ATLANTIC REGION AWARDS 1. Bird Protection - $25 to club for bird protection and welfare. (NGC #42)2. Butterfly - $25 for conducting a comprehensive and effective project. (NGC #43)3. Civic Beautification - $25 for outstanding civic/conservation work (NGC #1-A)4. Environmental - $25 for improved environment such as soil, water, energy.5. Garden Therapy/Healing Garden Beautification - $256. Horticulture Therapy - $25 to a club with most outstanding program7. Historic Trail & Preservation - $25 for a historic project-trail, park, cemetery, etc.8. Horticulture Achievement - $25 to an individual member9. Landscape - $25 for landscaping grounds of school or other public building.10. Litter/Recycling/Reclamation - $25 for best activity/project (NGC #39)11. The National Gardener - $25 to club with largest number of subscriptions.12. National Garden Week - $25 for best overall promotion (NGC #53)13. Blue Star Memorial - (no application needed, State Award)14. Program - A. Best slide, video or power point program. B. Best Program without slides, videos or power point. 15. Public Relations - $25 involvement of other organizations, businesses, agencies16. Roadside - $25 for roadside enhancement and preservation (NGC #71)17. Standard Flower Show Schedule - $25 ea. A. Single Club B. Two + Clubs18. The Martha Smith Visual Community Improvement Award - $25 award foroutstanding comprehensive project of Visual Community Improvement. 19. Vision of Beauty Calendar Sales - $25 for largest number sold/per membership20. Van Deusen Tree Planting/Arbor Day Activities - $25 for tree planting activity.21. Flowering Trees Landscape - $25 award for landscape with flowering trees.22. Blue Star Memorial Landscaping - $25 (NGC#29)23. Edith B. Coogler Landscape Design - Traveling plaque to state24. Jimelle Walker Memorial Membership - $25/state, best membership increase 25. National Life Membership - $25/state for most new National Life members26. South Atlantic Region Life Memberships - $25/state for most new SAR lifemembers. 27. The Emily Floyd Stephens “Green Space” Award - State award $50, ClubAward $50 for best overall “Green Space.”
South Atlantic Region Youth Related Awards 28. Youth Activities - $25 award for the outstanding work with NGC objectives.29. Youth Education - $25 award to club Member or Senior Club providing education programs/activities that promote NGC objectives for youth.30. SAR Youth Poster Contest - $10 to the winners of all grade levels (k-6). $25award to the best poster of all grade levels. 31. NGC Essay Contest - $25 from SAR (State winner sent to NGC)32. NGC Youth Poetry Contest - Honor Certificate all grade levels, $25 over allwinner- (State winner sent to NGC) 33. Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl Posters - $10 a to SAR poster winners of each grade
South Atlantic Region Unified Project – 2007-09 “Caring, Sharing, Growing” With SAR Director Anne Brown choosing the theme “Sharing the Joy of Gardening,” she planned that the emphasis be on sharing. There is much diversity in the five states of this region and it is challenging to choose a Unified Project that will enable clubs in each of the states to participate, regardless of club size. One of the important goals of this project is for garden clubs to become visible in the community. Signs should be put at each site with the name of the club or state. Such visibility is an excellent way to let the public know what garden clubs are doing. Hopefully this will help attract new members. We hope that your efforts in sharing your gardening experience will bring joy to your members and to the lives of the people we touch. A regular Book of Evidence is necessary for these awards. Follow the rules for the SAR region awards in your directory. State SAR Unified Project Chairman should send the Books of Evidence to the Regional Chairman by December 31, 2008. Healing Garden - $50 Award to a club for creating a gardening experience for atients at a rehab or therapy center. Might include placing a mobile garden on a table or cart with roller, taking gardening to patients; placing bird feeders outside windows where patients can enjoy them or creating an outside garden with raised beds for patients with limited mobility.Meditation Garden - $50 Award to a garden club or group of clubs for creating a garden at a church or place of worship (may include a bench or seating area) or creating a gardening nook with seating at a hospital or veteran’s medical center where patients and family members could spend time and visit.
Community Respite Garden – $50 Award to a council or club with 30 or more members and $50 Award to a club with fewer than 30 members creating a garden spot with a bench at a town square, a park or a community gathering place. Educational Garden - $50 Award to a club establishing a garden plot at a school involving students. Signage should be used as an educational tool. Patriotic Garden - $50 Award to a club or council planting and landscaping at a Blue Star Memorial, veteran’s center, police station, fire station or post office. Community could be a part of this project. Special Award - $50 Award will be given to the state organization with the highest number of award entries for the SAR Unified Project.Scale of Points: 1. Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 points 2 .Scope of project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 points 3. Involvement of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 points 4. Results of project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 points Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 points Include drawings of plans, financial reports and photographs if applicable. Deadline to individual State SAR Unified Project Chairmen is November 15, 2008. Send to: Loretta Jones, 813 Kanawha Ave., Rainelle, WV 25962 ljwj@suddenlink.net, (304) 438-8937
NATIONAL GARDEN CLUBS AWARDS Please save the July/August and September/October issues of The National Gardener for information when submitting applications for both the 2007 and 2008 award years. Changes only will be printed in the September/October 2007 issue of the magazine. Please consult these issues for information on all National Awards. Application blanks are available from the State Awards Chairman or the State President. All award applications to NGC must be made through the State Awards Committee. Only one (1) application accepted from a state for each award category. Club Presidents should review the NGC website.The State Awards Committee reserves the right to submit for National Awards any application made for State Awards which is considered outstanding and worthy of submission. Notify State Awards Chairman EARLY when preparing National application so effort will not be duplicated.
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