STONE HARBOR - The Stone Harbor Garden Club is celebrating its 30th anniversary of fellowship and community service. The club was founded in 1978 by a small group of women who met at the home of Nancy Ritchie. It now has 187 members and is growing each year. Fifty to 60 come regularly to club meetings held at 10 a.m. the second Monday of each month at St. Paul's Catholic Church at 96th Street and Third Avenue during April and May. The club will host a luncheon in June at the Wetlands Institute.
The club meets normally at the Women's Civic Club, but it is under renovation. At each meeting there are speakers and a hands-on program. Joan Kramar has been president of the club for the past three years, and wants people to know the passion the group shares for the club as well as community service.
"Our club works well together and we maintain 44 islands in Stone Harbor, the Water Works, bridge tender, Remembrance Garden (at 122nd Street), the 96th Street tennis courts, plantings at the 96th Street Golden Gate and Sunset Drive, along with 117th Street," Kramar said. "We also planted in front of the Chamber of Commerce, and this year are going to put hanging baskets along 96th Street with the support of the borough and the Realty Owners Associaton, or ROA. Everyone in the club is committed to volunteering and spending time keeping our town beautiful."
The club also holds a flower show every two years that is open to the public and plants a tree on Arbor Day at the Elementary School. It also holds a Garden Walk every two years for members, an annual House Tour, Plant and Bake Sale and Community Yard Sale, which helps them raise funds for beautification efforts.
The club was invited in 2006 to be in the Philadelphia Flower Show, where it placed third.
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