Scholarships
Garden Tour Cancellation
Garden Tour 2020 Cancelled:
Given the nature and extent of the current Covid-19 pandemic, the CFUW Garden Tour Committee is cancelling the July 4, 2020 Town & Country Garden Tour.
We are saddened to arrive at this conclusion but base our decision on concern for the well-being of participants.
Keeping in mind the club’s on-going efforts to award scholarships every year to deserving local students, we remind you that donations to the Scholarship Trust Fund are always welcome. Go to the cfuwbellevile.com website, click on “Scholarships” in the upper tool bar and scroll down to the “orange” print line, “Make a donation…”.
On a more cheerful note, we look forward to hosting the CFUW Town & Country Garden Tour in 2021, featuring the usual lovely gardens, a nourishing lunch, an extensive raffle table and more.
See you next year!
Irene and Karen
Valentine Luncheon Bridge
This year’s Valentine Luncheon Bridge was held on February 13, 2020 at St. Thomas Church. Twenty-two tables of four, or 88 people enjoyed a luncheon provided by club members followed by an afternoon of bridge. This year’s menu was Carrot Soup (Jess Chamber’s recipe from our very own cookbook), an assortment of sandwiches and Sticky Toffee Date Cake. At the end of the afternoon prizes were awarded to the winners as well as a number of door prizes.
Twenty-six members of the club contributed to the event in some way or other by donating prizes, providing food, setting up the tables, greeting the guests at the door, serving and cleaning up. A true team effort! As a result, $1710 was presented to the scholarship trust fund.
Thanks to all for a very successful event.
Co-convenors
Sylvia Doyle and Susan Pine
Scholarship Awarded
The CFUW Belleville and District Scholarship Fund Bursary was recently awarded at a luncheon at Loyalist College. The recipient was Jessica Ganton, a Year 2 Environmental Technician.
The scholarship is awarded to a mature female student whose education has been interrupted and who has returned to school after an absence from the education system.
Abigail’s Graduation Activities
Some club members attended the Grad Lunch at Abigail’s on June 18th, and then presented the certificates at the actual Quinte Adult Education Graduation on June 20th. Juanita da Silva was a recipient of one of the CFUW Belleville and District scholarships for students attending college in the fall. Such great celebrations and proud moments!
The 20th Annual Garden Tour
A message from the co-chairs:Good evening, Ladies,
Despite the shower in PEC and the humid air mass over the area, today’s
20th Annual Town & Country Garden Tour was a wonderful event.
For folks who like numbers, we sold about 260 tickets.
Just as importantly, our gardeners, our guests and our volunteers tell
us that they greatly enjoyed the day.
Here are some quotes:
* “That sandwich in the lunch: I am picky about sandwiches but
wow, that sandwich was REALLY good!”
* “Beautiful gardens plus vintage cars: perfect combo!”
* From four new attendees from Deseronto/Napanee: “We heard the
interview promoting the Garden Tour this morning on the Steve
Marlin radio show and we decided to attend! It has been great!”
* A returning guest: “I am from England and I come every year:
why wouldn’t I, with the gardens you have around here?”
* A local guest: “I had such a fabulous time as a gardener/host at
last year’s tour that I had to come this year as a guest”.
* After spending the afternoon in the SW-style garden, Carolyn
Cockerline predicts that “many local gardeners will be inspired
to incorporate SW-style features into their gardens, in the
future”.
We thank you, the members of CFUW Belleville and District, for helping
to make today’s tour such a rewarding and memorable experience for
everyone involved. It was great fun!
Irene Hiebert and Karen Mouck
Garden Tour 2019 Committee Co-Chairs
