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Joyce Mouradian, middle, of Ticonderoga receives the National Garden Club’s Award of Honor, at the r ecent Federated Garden Clubs of New York State annual spring conference at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs. Shown with her are Elaine DiPietro, left, FGCNYS president, and Patricia Wania, District IV director.
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Ti woman receives state award Joyce Mouradian honored
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TICONDEROGA — Carillon Gar den Club member Joyce Mouradian of Ticonderoga was the recent recipient of one of the highest awards given by the National Garden Club. The Award of Honor was given to Mouradian at the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. annual spring conference held at the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs March 30. The Award of Honor is given to an outstanding garden club member whose volunteer efforts have made outstanding contributions to their club and community over a minimum of five years. A Bo ok Of Evidence is pr epared and submitted for r eview and then judged by a national committee. Contributions in civic develop-
ment, conservation, floral design, horticulture therapy, horticultural landscape design, youth and all around excellence are considered. Throughout her lifetime, Mouradian has made outstanding contributions in the local, state, national and world arenas, according to Betty Rettig, president of the Carillon Garden Club. She served as Carillon Garden Club pr esident fr om 2006-2008, FGCNYS District IV awards chairwoman from 2001-2008, is the recipient of the May Walton (Floral) Designer of the Year award in 1999, and the recipient of the FGCNYS President’s Proud Pedestal Pin in 2008 for all around service. She also helped to organize the New Horizons Club and the Champlain Valley Chorale. Mouradian was also
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