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Photo by Russ Poole Boyd Awarded Member of the Year
On-Going Wildflower On January 7, 2017, Courtesy Photo
Project Matthew Boyd received
the award for Vigilant
Christine Maccabee Hose Company Member
of the Year from President
Everyone loves flowers, and who mixed with fine play sand for better Frank Davis and Chief
doesn’t love seeing young children distribution over a large area. This Chad Umbel, during
having fun with mixture was put in Vigilant Hose Company’s
milkweed fluff Photo by Marie Maccabee multiple buckets and annual banquet.
(shown right)? Fun then distributed by
was mixed with adults and children
work in February, over areas not seeded Matthew Boyd (far right)
when members of last year. It was a accepts the award for Vigilant
the Green Team and cold February day,
their children spread but everyone had the Hose Company’s Member of
the Year from President Frank
Davis and Chief Chad Umbel.
wildflower seeds right attitude, and
in the wild area the distribution went
along Woodside smoothly. Once that
Drive. Last year, work was finished,
many beautiful Cindy Poole led the
flowers bloomed children in the fun
there during the of letting milkweed
spring, summer, and seeds and fluff fly!
even into the fall. Participants
The tallest flowers that day were
were already there naturally, and Amie and Charlie McDaniels,
those along with our seeding project Marilyn Worsham, Nova and Ily
provided not only beauty for people, Rothrock, Cindy Poole, and Christine
but essential nectar and pollen for Maccabee.
pollinators and seeds for birds. There The Green Team also has a
are even cattails in the ditch! Community Garden with plots for
This year, the project is continuing. anyone interested in growing their
A mixture of twenty other wild own vegetables. Get in touch with
native seeds had been previously Jhumerick@thurmontstaff.com.
Photo by Russ Poole Boyd Awarded Member of the Year
On-Going Wildflower On January 7, 2017, Courtesy Photo
Project Matthew Boyd received
the award for Vigilant
Christine Maccabee Hose Company Member
of the Year from President
Everyone loves flowers, and who mixed with fine play sand for better Frank Davis and Chief
doesn’t love seeing young children distribution over a large area. This Chad Umbel, during
having fun with mixture was put in Vigilant Hose Company’s
milkweed fluff Photo by Marie Maccabee multiple buckets and annual banquet.
(shown right)? Fun then distributed by
was mixed with adults and children
work in February, over areas not seeded Matthew Boyd (far right)
when members of last year. It was a accepts the award for Vigilant
the Green Team and cold February day,
their children spread but everyone had the Hose Company’s Member of
the Year from President Frank
Davis and Chief Chad Umbel.
wildflower seeds right attitude, and
in the wild area the distribution went
along Woodside smoothly. Once that
Drive. Last year, work was finished,
many beautiful Cindy Poole led the
flowers bloomed children in the fun
there during the of letting milkweed
spring, summer, and seeds and fluff fly!
even into the fall. Participants
The tallest flowers that day were
were already there naturally, and Amie and Charlie McDaniels,
those along with our seeding project Marilyn Worsham, Nova and Ily
provided not only beauty for people, Rothrock, Cindy Poole, and Christine
but essential nectar and pollen for Maccabee.
pollinators and seeds for birds. There The Green Team also has a
are even cattails in the ditch! Community Garden with plots for
This year, the project is continuing. anyone interested in growing their
A mixture of twenty other wild own vegetables. Get in touch with
native seeds had been previously Jhumerick@thurmontstaff.com.
