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Garden Club roots
Let’s see how it all began, and then how it developed into the system now in place, led by this year’s Chair, Maiy Collins and her merry band of elves.
The Rappahannock Garden Club minutes for October 1952 had only one interesting item: the making of Christmas wreaths and decorations as a means of raising money was discussed and a chairman was appointed for the sale. In due course, in December’s minutes, the raising of the sum of $29.10 was reported. Thus are chronicled the lowly beginnings of the Garden Club’s current and only annual fund raiser. While the October 1952 minutes didn’t specify the reason for raising the money, it was clear in succeeding months and years that the Club’s members wanted money to do the good works list
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