Genie serves on the Hospitality Committee, the Membership Committee, and the Education/Publicity Committee. She works at the Master Gardener's Vegetable Garden on a regular basis, and is responsible for creating a long list of folks to help us with the movement of mulch and delivery of vegetables to local charities. Genie also completed the training necessary to become a Master Naturalist.
Genie is responsible for adding angel trumpets to the list of items grown at the Vegetable Garden-more items to sell at the Association's annual Plant Sale. Currently, she has enlisted the help of several members to root and plant many colors of angel trumpets and confederate roses for this year's sale. All of us are used to receiving a call from Genie to come help dig some plants she has located for our "next" sale. She has, along with several other members, chaired the Plant Sale for the past three years in a row. Her ability to wheel and deal with local venders has led to our acquisition of soil, gravel, plants and pots at reduced rates (sometimes "free")!
Whenever there is a noteworthy event, Genie is there to photograph and document these for publication in the local newspaper, for our website and
for our monthly newsletters. Genie also keeps a scrapbook of our
activities, having taken over the role of archivist several years ago.
Genie was a member of the Cookbook Committee, helping put together the cookbook "Garden Treasures". Funds from the Cookbook enabled the Association to make a major contribution to the GMGA Scholarship Fund and to complete the water line to the greenhouse in 2011.
Genie served on the 2011 Nominating Committee, among the many other duties she undertook this past year. Whenever a volunteer is needed, Genie is there, throwing her enthusiasm into the project.
(past years)
1996 Debbie O'Donnell
1997 Karen Hubernet
1998 Jeanne King
1999 Terry Owenby
2000 Tommie Monroe
2001 Mona Clary
2002 Aaron Walker
2003 Rachel Hendee
2004 Rachel Hendee
2005 Jan Thomas
2006 Jim Sims
2007 James Dickinson
2008 Paul Beggs
2009 Mellie Boykin
2010 Sherry Beggs & Genie Gordon
2011 Genie Gordon