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January 2024
2024 Annual Business Meeting
The New Year begins with our Annual Business Meeting. Agenda items will include a review of 2023 activities, upcoming events for 2024 (including our popular Annual Flower & Plant Sale in May), and decisions on where to direct our charitable donations. We meet at Cornerstone Faith Community Church, 118 First Street, Bloomingdale, IL 60108 1:15 PM Social time 1:45 PM Announcements 2:00 PM Meeting Begins Visitors are Welcome!
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Curative Properties of Tea
Our speaker will be Marcy Lautenan-Raleig. Much has been touted recently about the benefits of a good cup of herbal or green tea. This lecture discusses the difference between black tea and herb tea as well as what herbs make good tea, how to formulate your own teas and the various medicinal properties discovered throughout time of various native plants with pictures to help with identification. If hot water is available, we can create our own blends to sample at…
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Fighting Climate Change in Your Back Yard and Front Yard
Mike Nowak will be our presenter. A lot of us are pretty unhappy about the direction in which our planet’s environment is headed. Unfortunately, many people also think there’s nothing we can do about it. That’s not exactly true. The decisions we make in our yards—especially if done en masse—can make a huge difference in saving plant and animal species and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Mike will walk us through the basics—native plants (especially oaks), harvesting rainwater, reducing lawn area,…
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