About
The history of the Sand Lake Garden Club
started in September of 1994 when Linda Hastings organized the first
meeting to see if there was any interest in a Garden Club for Sand
Lake. We had a very good turnout.
A Charter committee was put together to
write the Constitution and By-Laws. The members of the Charter
Committee were Rosemary Supkis, Bill Glasser, Barbara Martinage,
Cathy Welling and Dawn Goodness.
On January 25, 1995 the Club voted on the
Constitution and By-Laws and elected the first Board. The
first Board was Bill Glasser (President), Phyllis Scheeren
(Vice-President), Pat Mulligan (Secretary), Chris Perry (Treasurer),
Lizette Strait, Cathy Welling, T.C. Glasser, Edward Quinlin, and
Charles Kavanaugh.
Our first program was on Herbs and
presented by Jill Tryon. Our first Plant sale was May 13, 1995 with
Lizette Strait heading up the committee. We made about $1,200 that
year. Our first field trip was to Naumkeag in Stockbridge, MA. Our
first tree that we did for the Festival of Trees was in 1995 and was
called “Holiday Buzzzz”. Our first scholarship was awarded in 1996
for $200 and the recipient was Shane Cahill who went to Union
College.
We have held a Plant Sale every year from
the beginning and has always been a great success. The first Plant
sales were in the parking lot of Millers Market, we outgrew that
location and then moved it to Hoffay Farms. We now hold the Plant
Sale at the Salem United Methodist Church. We continue to
award a monetary scholarship to a graduating high school senior each
year.
SAND LAKE GARDEN CLUB PAST PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS
1994 – Linda Hastings (Acting President)
1995 - 1997 Bill Glasser (President),
Phyllis Scheeren (Vice President)
1998 - 1999 Lizette Strait (President)
2000 - Pat Mulligan (President), Lizette
Strait (Vice President)
2001 - Helen Dolan (President), Lizette
Strait (Vice President)
2002 - Helen Dolan (President), Marty
Dwyer (Vice President)
2003 - Leo Fissette (President), Pat
Mulligan (Vice President)
2004 - Pat Mulligan (President), Phyllis
Scheeren (Vice-President)
2005 - Phyllis Scheeren (President),
Harry Peachey (Vice President)
2006 - 2007 Harry Peachey (President),
Helen Dolan (Vice President)
2008 - Helen Dolan (President), Warren
Weiss (Vice President)
2009 - 2010 Pat Mulligan (President),
Joan Gross (Vice-President)
2011 - Lizette Strait (President), Jan
Reinhart (Vice-President)
2012 - 2013 Connie Gatt (President), Jan
Reinhart (Vice-President)
2014 - Connie Gatt (President), Lizette
Strait (Vice-President)
2015 - 2017 - Pat Mulligan (President),
Joan Gross (Vice-President)
2018 - 2019 - Mary Lee Kopache
(President), Connie Gatt (Vice-President)
2020 - 2021 - Janice Berryann
(President), Becky Bell (Vice-President)
2022 - Sally Perry (President), Cathy
Welling (Vice-President)