Click on image to enlarge![]() Courtesy D. Manty |
recognizing dedicated service above and beyond the expected in their work to help MGAWC’s annual GMG conference run successfully |
| 2008 | Elaine Weider | for handling hundreds of incoming registration checks and supplier payments, tracking expenses for future planning and contributing to the success of the annual educational conference |
| 2007 | Tonja Nudi | for years of providing extensive assistance with conference registration, and for taking on the job of providing refreshments for attendees, speakers, vendors, and volunteers throughout the day |
| 2006 | Linda Lestock | for recruiting, training, and placing conference volunteers and introducing volunteer orientation that resulted in well-run educational events, as well as decorating the stage for years |
| 2005 | Marilyn Catt | for holding down the fort in the lobby; working the book and garden item sales table where she also helped with speaker check-in and miscellaneous questions throughout the day, giving invaluable support to the entire event with her dependability, patience, and unfailing good humor |
| 2004 | Jeanette Whiting | for arranging the plant sale tent, routing traffic, teaching a class, and handling tons of trash so MGAWC is invited back to UM-D each year |
| 2003 | Amy Bruhn | for creating and maintaining the database of attendees and for processing every incoming and outgoing check |
| 2002 | Margot McCormack | for handling refreshments every year, having coffee ready at dawn, and feeding over 350 people snacks all day for $156.01! |
| 2001 | Glenn King | for tirelessly schlepping stuff Friday night and all day Saturday to help lighten the load for vendors and volunteers |
| 2000 | Pam Kachinski | for washing hundreds of pots in preparation for our late summer plant sale and helping the committee realize the importance of outsourcing |