PROJECTS

Extending our hand in friendship locally, around the state and across the nation  

NATIONAL

NEW PROJECTS:
    1.    Restore the Blue Star Marker
    2.    Educate community members about National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Backyard Habitat Certification  

CONTINUING PROJECTS:

    1. Contribute to Natural Disaster Fund and Seeds for Life
    2. Contribute in escrow each month to the City of Hondo for the development of the Nature Trail
    3. Celebrate National Garden Week in June
    4. Plan litter control campaign in April
        Sponsor youth projects and activities
    5. Educate members about National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Backyard Habitat Certification  

STATE

CONTINUING PROJECTS:
    1.    Award Life Membership
    2.   Contribute to Brookwood Community Garden Therapy, Camp Tyler Foundation, Keystone Heritage Park, Nature Conservancy of Texas, Penny
         Pines, Rio Grande Wildlife Corridor, Riverside Nature Area, Kerrville, and  Marbridge Farms
    3.   Contribute to Headquarters Endowment Fund and State Scholarship Fund
    4.    Plant a tree and conduct a program during Arbor Day Season  

DISTRICT VII

CONTINUING PROJECTS:

1.       Youth Projects:

·         Collaborate with Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, and Junior High students for Arbor Day Program

·         Contribute to District Scholarship Fund

·         Sponsor Litter Control Pick-up with Junior High School students

·         Sponsor youth in Medina County Fair Queen Contest

·.      Continue club commitment to community betterment

      ·   Maintain flower beds at City Park entrance  

       LOCAL

NEW PROJECTS:

• Volunteer time to help with the Hondo High School Life Skills Class in propagating plants in their new Greenhouse for garden therapy

• Restore the Blue Star Marker on Hwy. 90 in Hondo. The marker is in its 56^th year and needs some major renovation.

• Plan and Landscape Hondo City Pool

• Work with City of Hondo to maintain Memorial Square Landscape

·    Work with Hondo ISD to maintain landscape at Barry Field

·       Work with City and all volunteers to begin work on the Nature Trail

• Encourage all members as well as the entire community to certify their yards as a National Wildlife Federation (NWF) Backyard Wildlife Habitat        

CONTINUING PROJECTS

·       Stress conservation to members and to the community   through programs, newspaper articles, tips at each meeting and through individual actions.

• Monthly hostesses to furnish horticulture display at each meeting.

·   Operate Hondo Garden Club Thrift Shop on a year- round basis to support the club’s projects and to benefit the community. 

•  Exhibit floral arrangements and cut specimens at the Medina County Fair. 

• Judge and acknowledge the outstanding Yard of the Month within the community.
  
• Host Golden Age Teas at Community Care and  Hondo Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center Nursing Homes in the fall and in the spring.
  
• Decorate with lights a designated area of Hondo Parkway during the Christmas season and sponsor the Christmas Lighting Contest.

·     Distribute tray favors and bingo prizes to two nursing centers.

·     Furnish and plant a tree in the community during Arbor Day season with participation of Boy Scouts and/or Girl Scouts and Junior High Students.

·     Conduct a citywide clean-up campaign in the spring of each year.

·      Sponsor youth projects in local school.

• Phase 2 – Develop Nature Trail with City of Hondo.
  
• Present scholarship to a local student.