2021-2022 Garden Club Philanthropy & Outreach

This year's donations are awarded to Haut Gap Middle School, Sea Island Water Wellness Mission, and Trident Technical College.  

The Haut Gap school project has been on our radar for several cycles.  Committee member Ann Bavier kept the Executive Board apprised of changing circumstances and challenges impacting the school's garden program. The timing of recent events at the school made it advantageous for our club to support construction of new plant beds and augment projects pledged to the school by other donors.  The work in the garden is done by the students and is integrated with lessons in calculating required supplies through implementation of planting, harvesting, and distribution of the fresh vegetable yield to local charities.

Most of our community residents are familiar with the Water Wellness Mission, and the great need for available, safe water in the many at-risk homes not so far from our own community.  Our donation supplements the ongoing projects of drilling wells as the wait list for vital clean water is addressed, one well and one home at a time.

Trident Tech has long been a recipient of a club award designated toward the education expenses of horticulture program students.  This year's award was presented in person to our April program speaker, and Coordinator of Horticulture Technology, who updated the membership about Trident's curriculum and activities.

As our club membership grows, our membership dues allow us to participate in such worthy causes as these.  It means so much to those whose names we may never know, but we can all feel a sense of pride in belonging to an organization that puts our dues to good use.