On February 25th, 16 of us gathered in Bob Cassidy's garage fr a winter sow for our Pollinator Garden. Great! So what is a winter sow anyway? Here is what Webster has to say about it. Winter sowing is an outdoor method of starting seeds and it requires plastic containers like milk or juice cartons), soil, seeds and Mother Nature. By growing your own plants from seeds, you can several hundreds of dollars each each year. On February 25th, 16 of us gathered in Bob Cassidy's garage fr a winter sow for our Pollinator Garden. Great! So what is a winter sow anyway? Here is what Webster has to say about it. Winter sowing is an outdoor method of starting seeds and it requires plastic containers like milk or juice cartons), soil, seeds and Mother Nature. By growing your own plants from seeds, you can several hundreds of dollars each each year. 
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We were delighted to co-hosting a pollinator conversation on Tuesday, January 24th. The event was designed to educate the public on Dr. Gegear's and the Native Pollinator Task Force's work (and the work here in Bedford by our club) in hopes to inspire more interest, leading to more pollinator preservation gardens. Sam Cobin, theConservation Coordinator with Sudbury Valley Trustees, and a member of the Native Pollinator Task Force presented an introduction to Dr Gegear's followed by a presentation by Paula Gilarde on the Rotary Club of Bedford's plans for a local pollinator garden.
Long-time club member, Bob Cassidy got in touch with former club member Larry Carlton when we had some historical questions about the scholarships our club awards. He said "I joined the Club in 1975. There was some history of giving scholarships when I joined, but it was haphazard and there was no consistency. At that time scholarships were given by the Club with differing amounts and numbers given from year to year.Around 1980 or so we put together a small committee of Peter Corea, me and one other (I don't remember who). We decided to make the scholarship more valuable by making it a four year award provided the student remained in school and remained in good standing. At that time we had the president and four deans from Middlesex CC as members of the Club and decided to make an annual award to a Bedford student attending MCC. After discussion with the MCC members it was decided a $500 "Book Award" would be appropriate. At that time I wrote up the criteria for the scholarships that was accepted by the Club's Board. To the best of my knowledge they are still in use.
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