Board of Directors 2024/2025

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Elizabeth Ermini

Elizabeth (Lisa) Ermini

President
Debbie Michel

Debbie Michel

Second Vice President
Kathy Edge

Kathy Edge

Treasurer
Cici Roberts

Cici Roberts

Secretary
Gail Pizar

Gail Pizar

Parliamentarian
Kathy Bilello

Kathy Bilello

Compliance Officer
Lori Echols

Lori Echols

Past President
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Committees

The Green Thumb Garden Club, Inc. participates in many different activities and events throughout the year. We invite you to learn about our various committees by clicking on the [+] or titles below.

If you are interested in volunteering for a committee, please contact the Committee Chair or email us at greenthumbgardenclubinc@gmail.com.

Acronyms:

GTGC: Green Thumb Garden Club, Inc.
FFGC: Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
DSGC: Deep South Garden Clubs, Inc.
NGC: National Garden Clubs, Inc.

American Pride Landscape

Open Position
The Chair(s) will establish a committee of Club members who will choose entrants and judge local landscapes using the Standards for Evaluating Landscape Design as set forth by the NGC. The Chair(s) will invite a horticultural professional who will assist in the judging and winner determination. The winning landscapes are presented at the May meeting.

Blue Star Highway Marker

Marianne Burbach, Co-Chair
Gail Pizar, Co-Chair
GTGC honors our Veterans with a Blue Star Marker located at Highway 331 just north of US Highway 98. The Chair is responsible to ensure the marker is maintained and in addition places a wreath on the Marker each Memorial Day, Independence Day and Veteran’s Day.

"Buds and Banter" e-Newsletter

Lisa Ermini, Chair
The Chair will prepare and deliver to the membership the monthly GTGC bulletin, “Buds and Banter.” This communication includes meetings details and most importantly club activities that resides on the club’s website for everyone to reference.

Eden Gardens Butterfly Garden

Marianne Burbach, Co-Chair
Gail Pizar, Co-Chair
The Butterfly Garden is located at Eden Gardens State Park. Contact the Chair to volunteer to meet regularly to maintain the garden and the beautiful fountain.

Caring and Sharing

Debbie Massey, Chair
Our Club members are very generous people who support this charity wholeheartedly. The Chair will coordinate two donation drives — Thanksgiving and Christmas — where our members will provide canned goods, paper products, checks or gift cards. Under special circumstances, such as a natural disaster, another donation drive may be organized.

Doris Brady Sunshine Lady

Anne Collins, Chair
Our ray of sunshine Chair is responsible for sending caring handwritten notes and special handmade cards to members and members’ relatives who need a little ray of sunshine including special birthday greetings.

Eden Gardens Wesley House Parlor Holiday Decorating

Lori Echols, Chair
The Chair represents GTGC and is responsible for creating a Christmas Theme to decorate the Wesley House Parlor. She will request a team of GTGC members to volunteer for set-up and tear down.

Habitat for Humanity

Janet Woerner, Chair
The Chair works closely with Habitat for Humanity supporting the charity’s needs to landscape new Habitat homes.

Junior Gardeners

Gail Pizar, Co-Chair
Bonnie Fox, Co-Chair
The Chair is responsible for planning programs at Butler Elementary. These are “hands-on” educational projects, including horticulture, conservation, wildlife, and ecology. The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc. provides the criteria for the classroom projects.

Membership

Jan Shuttleworth, Co-Chair
Nancy Sack, Co-Chair

The Chair supports current and new members by keeping accurate membership data via the GTGC website and collection of new and annual membership donations. The Chair works closely with the Club Treasurer to deposit checks and reporting for Club donations.

In addition, the Chair will use electronic communication, including Punchbowl and website software, to request annual donations.

The Chair also prepares name tags for all Club meetings and events.

The Chair is responsible for creating FFGC reports and process dues paid to FFGC.

The Chair is responsible for collecting meeting fees at each GTGC monthly meeting and events. The Chair reconciles the expected number of attendees with the fees collected, via cash, check, and credit card. The chair is responsible for contacting any member for meeting payment when there is an unfortunate no-show. The Chair will work closely with the Treasurer.

Programs

Publicity

Kathy Edge, Chair
The Chair is responsible for placing a news release in the local newspapers and publications to promote the Club. The goal is to educate the public on the GTGC community support, grow the Club membership and invite members, potential members and guests to attend the monthly meetings.

Scholarship Programs

Debbie Michel, Chair
The Mercer Scholarship is awarded to a qualified student(s) from Walton County whose academia includes
horticulture or botany. The Chair and committee are responsible for vetting applicants based upon the approved Club guidelines. The scholarship is paid directly to the college/university and the amount may vary on an annual basis as it is funded from donations collected each year through fundraisers. For additional information on scholarships available, please contact the Chair or email greenthumbgardenclubinc@gmail.com.

Social Media

Dee Burkeen, Chair
The Chair is responsible for taking photographs at all club events, meetings and projects. The photographs will be posted on Facebook and provided to communication channels to support the marketing of the club and its events. The Chair maintains the Club’s Facebook Page.

Special Projects

Betty White, Chair
The Chair works closely with other GTGC Chairs to develop and execute community projects within Walton County that support the Club’s mission statement.

Website

Kathy Edge, Chair
The Chair is responsible for the management of the club’s website and is the liaison between GTGC and the Website developer.

The Chair will provide website content to the club’s developer on a regular basis.