At the January 10th monthly Crofton Kiwanis Club membership meeting presentation at the Crofton Library, attendees learned about a local program to purchase and install a Gold Star Memorial on Route 3 near the main entrance to the community. The location will be near the site of the Crofton Kiwanis Foundation's twice annual display of U.S. "Flags for Heroes".
The memorial project is in celebration of Crofton's 60th Anniversary, and jointly coordinated by the Crofton Village Garden Club and the Crofton Greenery Garden Club. The name Gold Star is from the custom of families of service members hanging U.S. wartime service flags in their home windows, bearing blue stars for a family's living armed forces members and gold stars for deceased military members. The current objective is to dedicate a 7-foot high Gold Star Memorial inscribed marker next to the Crofton main entrance in a ceremony on Sunday afternoon, November 10, 2024, in honor of Veteran's Day. Shown in the photograph above are Marcia Richard, Chair of Crofton’s Gold Star Memorial Committee; and Committee Co-Chair and Crofton Civic Association President Anna O’Kelly, each holding Kiwanis' "Crofton 60th Anniversary" gift mugs; along with Crofton Kiwanis President Mike Pierre and Crofton Kiwanis Club Vice President and Program Chair Renee Mackey. All in Greater Crofton wishing to share names of their Gold Star families are encouraged by the Gold Star program to email that information to: info@croftontownhall.org. Checks in support of the program can be made payable to "CVGC", with check memo designation "Gold Star", and mailed to Crofton Village Garden Club, P.O. Box 3492, Crofton, Maryland 21114. The Crofton Civic Association's 2nd Annual Cherry Blossom Festival will take place today from 11 AM to 2 PM. The festival will be on the inner loop of Crofton Parkway – from the Crofton Country Club to Farnborn Street. Traffic will be closed in this area. Enjoy music, face painting, vendors, crafts, a community yard sale and delicious food from the food trucks.
Visit Crofton Village Garden Club at location 8. Members will have crafts for the kids, information on the cherry trees planted around Crofton Parkway, a jewelry sale, and tickets will be available to purchase for our Garden Tour 2023 that takes place on Sunday, May 21st. On Thursday, February 16th, CVGC President Cathy Gallagher and members of the executive board met with the "Green Team" at Crofton High School to present the club with a check for $500 to assist in their ongoing projects. It was decided that each year at the May meeting of CVGC a member of the Green Team from CHS will come to present how the Green Team has used the funds from our club. The club will also produce a short video that will highlight the club's efforts throughout the year.
Cathy stated the forty students that they met with were excited and extremely grateful for the support from CVGC and she believes we have begun a wonderful partnership with the young people of Crofton. Crofton Village Garden Club chooses a local charitable organization, military unit deployed overseas, if possible, or any entity within the neighboring Crofton communities needing assistance during the holiday season.
Project Chair Linda Childs announced the recipient of this year's Operation Christmas donation will again be the Anne Arundel County Food Bank. Donations are down this year, yet the need is just as great. If you would like to donate, the address is: Anne Arundel County Food Bank P.O. 650 Crownsville, MD 21032 Led by Project Chair CJ Salisbury, Crofton Village Garden Club members decorate for the holidays a number of venues within the community. Beautiful live greens with festive red bows adorn several public schools, Crofton Library, the Village Green and Town Hall.
Thank you to CJ and her husband Palmer for hanging the wreaths at the Village Green, to Carol Buhr for attaching the bows and assisting in hanging the wreaths, to Margo Antonelli, Diane Gallow, Jane McClanahan and Angela Silverstein for delivering wreaths to the schools, the library and Town Hall. |
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