CONTRIBUTIONS
Crofton Village Garden Club contributes to a number of projects and community
organizations through member participation and financial support.
organizations through member participation and financial support.
FEDERATED GARDEN CLUBS OF MARYLAND PRESIDENT'S PROJECT
The President's Project, Sustaining Maryland – Grants for Garden Clubs, encourages garden clubs affiliated with FGCMD to find ways to change the negative impact we have had on the environment in air and water pollution, and loss of bird, animal, and insect populations. Garden clubs can apply for funds to support projects that will advance sustainability in our communities, creating a healthier environment for future generations.
FLAGS FOR HEROES
Flags for Heroes is an event organized by the Crofton Kiwanis. The Flags for Heroes program is a patriotic display of U.S. flags around Lake Louise on Route 3 giving special recognition to veterans and first responders. The flags are displayed for one to two weeks for Veterans Day and Memorial Day. The program has become a Crofton tradition.
HAMMOND-HARWOOD HOUSE
The Hammond-Harwood House is the Jewel of Annapolis, the grandest Colonial house in the historic town, preserved intact since 1774. In addition to its magnificent, perfectly preserved architecture inside and out, this National Historic Landmark contains an outstanding collection of John Shaw furniture and Charles Willson Peale paintings.
MARYLAND DAFFODIL SOCIETY
The Maryland Daffodil Society, established in 1923, is America's oldest Daffodil Society. They hosted the National Convention in 1996 and again in 2012. Each year their show brings approximately 100 exhibitors, showing 2,000 blooms. Design classes have been an integral part for many years featuring daffodils in many unique and impressive displays.
NATURAL DISASTER USA
The Natural Disaster USA Fund was established by National Garden Clubs, Inc. in 1997 to receive monetary contributions from states, clubs and individuals for the purpose of assisting local and state clubs with their garden-related restoration efforts. This fund has helped to replant parks, municipal gardens and other garden related sites due to natural disasters caused by floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, ice storms and wildfires.
PENNY PINES
National Garden Clubs, Inc. and the USDA Forest Service formed a partnership to sustain our national and urban forests through this reforestation/forest education program. Garden Clubs participate in a meaningful and practical conservation project by contributing to a Penny Pines plantation as part of the costs of replanting replacement trees indigenous to a particular damaged area. Whether by fire or by other natural catastrophe, pine trees and other trees are replaced.
WATERSHED STEWARDS ACADEMY
Watershed Stewards Academy builds capacity in Anne Arundel County by training Master Watershed Stewards to help neighbors reduce pollution in our local creeks and rivers. Hands-on certification courses give Stewards the tools to implement change in their communities, turning knowledge into action. Stewards work with their communities to install projects such as rain gardens or conservation landscapes and to reduce pollution at its source. These small community based actions are improving the health of the larger Chesapeake Bay watershed.
