Community Club Brightens Village

From left: Muriel Urban, Garden Dept. Chairwoman and Greens Day organizer, instructed Florence Freda and club president Marye Heston on the art of making a holiday centerpiece.

The Garden Department of the Community Club of Garden City and Hempstead held their annual Greens Day on Wednesday, Dec. 5th at the Garden City Senior Center where they made five sprays for the veteran's memorials, one each for the 9/11 and volunteer firemans memorials and centerpieces (13 in all) for both the Garden City and Hempstead libraries, Village Hall, the fire and police departments and the recreaction department. Muriel Urban, Garden Dept. Chairwoman and Greens Day organizer, worked with a great crew of helpers.

Karen Reiter (left) and Margaret Arcese were busy making sprays. From left: Nadia Hazarian, Muriel Urban and Martha Widner were busy working on the veteran's memorial sprays. From left: Ann Marsh, Art Dept. chairwoman Renate Rego-Monteiro and Julie Fehler, past president of the Community Club, were busy clipping greens for their arranging of the centerpieces.