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March 11 , 2020
Vegreville Garden Club Holds Annual General Meeting
The new Executive for 2020 from left to right: Treasurer and Membership, Edna Rawluk, Vice President, Bonnie Dribnenki, President, Diane Ashton, and Secretary, Dianna Bibkewich. (Rosanne Fortier/photo)
Rosanne Fortier News Correspondent The Vegreville Garden Club (VGC) always welcomes new members as this club is all about gaining collective wisdom as a group and sharing gardening’s ideas. The VGC held its annual general meeting in its new donated meeting space at the Vegreville Agricultural Society Building on February 24 with 20 of its 30 members in attendance. President Diane Ashton chaired the meeting and welcomed everyone. She then walked attendees through the different standing committees that members can volunteer to be on. These committees include: phoning, publicity, lunch, sunshine, and historical. The Sunshine Committee is where members buy a card for a member or their family who is sick or passed away. The Historical Committee is about taking pictures and doing a diary of the meetings and events and putting them in a binder for members and the public to reflect on memories. Members of the executive were elected, and consist of: President Diane Ashton, Vice President Bonnie Dribnenki, Secretary Dianna Bibkewich, and Treasurer and Membership Edna Rawluk. Ashton asked members to sign up for Coordinators of Special Events which include: Plant Sale, Horticulture Show, Hot Dog Sale and Garden Club Tour. Some of the guest speakers they are planning to invite to their meetings were mentioned. Ashton said members of the public are welcomed to attend these presentations and workshops. Like members, visitors also pay a fee to attend these events. The meeting closed with members being treated to plant based foods provided by Skyline Greenhouse. Sheila Steinbach conducted a gardening yoga demonstration for members. “I demonstrated in a chair how to do this yoga because a lot of the people here are seniors. When we are gardening we are often on our knees or squatting so I did a series of yoga that helps with flexibility, balance, and strength that anyone can do. I showed how to bend properly, how to stand properly, and I focused on function and alignment because when you are doing something repetitively your chances of injuries increases,” Steinbach said.
