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Welcome Celebrating the Master Gardener Program in Spokane County for over 40 years Thank you for joining the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County for its 8th Annual Fall Banquet This fundraising event will include a short live auction paddle raise and a keynote presentation from one of the country s most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and sustainability Joe Lamp l We hope you join in the fun and help support this worthwhile organization Little known facts The first Master Gardener Program was started in Washington state in the early 1970 s when homeowners began clamoring for more accurate horticultural information and better advice about sustainable gardening practices The Master Gardener program now is active in all 50 states the District of Columbia and much of Canada WSU Spokane Master Gardeners are university trained volunteer educators who provide environmentally sound research based garden information to the public After over 100 hours of university training each Master Gardener staffs the Plant Clinic Resource Center answering a wide variety of the public s horticultural questions free of charge Volunteers also contribute to a wide variety of educational outreach projects including local community gardens educational Youth Programs and nearly 300 classes or presentations to the public last year because Master Gardeners are in high demand as community educators

Welcome Celebrating the Master Gardener Program in Spokane County for over 40 years Thank you for joining the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County for its 8th Annual Fall Banquet This fundraising event will include a short live auction paddle raise and a keynote presentation from one of the country s most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and sustainability Joe Lamp l We hope you join in the fun and help support this worthwhile organization Little known facts The first Master Gardener Program was started in Washington state in the early 1970 s when homeowners began clamoring for more accurate horticultural information and better advice about sustainable gardening practices The Master Gardener program now is active in all 50 states the District of Columbia and much of Canada WSU Spokane Master Gardeners are university trained volunteer educators who provide environmentally sound research based garden information to the public After over 100 hours of university training each Master Gardener staffs the Plant Clinic Resource Center answering a wide variety of the public s horticultural questions free of charge Volunteers also contribute to a wide variety of educational outreach projects including local community gardens educational Youth Programs and nearly 300 classes or presentations to the public last year because Master Gardeners are in high demand as community educators

Thank You Sponsors The Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County fundraises and provides financial support to the Spokane Master Gardener program so that Master Gardeners can continue with their educational outreach programs in Spokane We want to express our gratitude to all three of this year s PLATINUM Sponsors for their support of our mission

Thank You Sponsors Our thanks also extend to the Spokane Club for sponsoring the Fall Banquet and our organization as a DIAMOND level sponsor At the GOLD level we want to thank Northwest Plant Health Care Wittkopf Landscape Supplies Blue Moon Garden Nursery and Travel Leaders for supporting this event and the Master Gardener Program

Thank You Sponsors Thank you SILVER level sponsors Snapdragon Flower Farm Berry Built Design and Fulcrum Financial Group for supporting this fundraising event Finally we want to extend our appreciation for the personal donation at the SPONSOR Level from Peter McKenny and Carol McKenny a Master Gardener

Program 5 00 pm Doors Open Meet and Greet with Joe Lamp l 6 00 pm Live Auction begins 6 00 pm Dinner service begins 6 30 pm President s Presentation Paddle Raise 7 15 pm Keynote Presentation 8 30 pm Closing

Thank You Nursery Partners The following nurseries provide outstanding promotional support for events sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County throughout the year Thank you to each and every one

2019 Fall Banquet Committee Julie McElroy Co Lead Muriel Ramerman Co Lead Lynn Meyers Past Lead Jan Shellenberger Marketing Cathi Lamoreux Advisor Sue Allert Pam Brown Laurie Jarmer Nancy Jones Kim Lango Pat Lynass Carol McKenny Lynn Pachelli Donna Pickens Sue Plummer Roberta Smith Lauren Sunde Kathleen Watson

Welcome Celebrating the Master Gardener Program in Spokane County for over 40 years Thank you for joining the Master Gardener Foundation of Spokane County for its 8th Annual Fall Banquet This fundraising event will include a short live auction paddle raise and a keynote presentation from one of the country s most recognized and trusted personalities in gardening and sustainability Joe Lamp l We hope you join in the fun and help support this worthwhile organization Little known facts The first Master Gardener Program was started in Washington state in the early 1970 s when homeowners began clamoring for more accurate horticultural information and better advice about sustainable gardening practices The Master Gardener program now is active in all 50 states the District of Columbia and much of Canada WSU Spokane Master Gardeners are university trained volunteer educators who provide environmentally sound research based garden information to the public After over 100 hours of university training each Master Gardener staffs the Plant Clinic Resource Center answering a wide variety of the public s horticultural questions free of charge Volunteers also contribute to a wide variety of educational outreach projects including local community gardens educational Youth Programs and nearly 300 classes or presentations to the public last year because Master Gardeners are in high demand as community educators