Fundraising Committees
HOLIDAY MARKET AND LUNCHEON
Our Holiday Market and Luncheon formerly known as our “Benefit” is our largest fundraiser and is always held the Monday after Thanksgiving at the Penn Harris Hotel and Convention Center Trademark Collection by Wyndham in Camp Hill. This event features holiday shopping, luncheon, raffles and always a wonderful luncheon which is followed by an informative and entertaining program, generally a floral designer.
The proceeds from the Holiday Market and Luncheon are used for community landscaping and beautification projects, area horticulture student scholarships, horticulture therapy work, and the purchase of garden-and floral design related books for local libraries.
To ensure a successful Holiday Market and Luncheon and to support volunteers, a booklet of Chairman duties was published.
Some of the ways Members can participate in the luncheon are by purchasing a ticket and attending and bringing a friend, by donating greens, silent auction items, ways and means sales items, and by purchasing raffle tickets.
We will be accepting new or slightly used items in good clean condition with no blemishes for our Holiday Market at our October meeting. After that date you may bring them to a member’s home which will be announced in advance. Each year our Holiday Market Luncheon has a wide variety of lovely, classy items for ways and means to sell. This is a popular feature of the Holiday Luncheon Market. We also accept items for the new and popular Christmas Corner – decorations, lights, wrapping paper and other holiday themed items. Additionally, the silent auction accepts higher end donation.
HERB TEA
The Annual Herb Tea will be held at the May regular meeting. Over Fifty-five years ago, Bertha Reppert organized an Herb Tea held every spring. Bertha was PCGC’s president from 1965 to 1967, founder of the Rosemary House and author of several books on herbs
The Herb Tea Committee selects dishes with herbs and presents recipes to members at the January and February meetings. Members volunteer to prepare the food, which is served buffet style. Table centerpieces are created by the Floral Designers Guild. Pre-registration is requested. Guests are welcome for a donation of $10.00
Each year the Annual Herb Tea Party has a different theme.
PLANT SALE
The annual spring plant sale supports the community by providing low cost plants and gardening items, along with gardening advice. Monies collected support civic beautification, as well as Natural Disaster USA and Global Partners Running Water. Natural Disaster USA funds helps replant, restore and beautify public areas that have been damaged or destroyed by a natural disaster. Global Partners Running Water helps bring safe drinking water to villages in Latin America.
All member are urged to support our plant sale by providing plants, bulbs and seeds; garden items; and baked goods.
