The Wellington Garden Club is not just focused on showcasing blossoming flowers, plants, trees and shrubs.
The club celebrated the end of its annual season on Monday, May 5 with a luncheon at the Wellington National Golf Club.
On that day, the club installed new officers for the upcoming year, including co-presidents Annette Lubsen and Susie Stevenson, and awarded six local high school graduates with college scholarships.
The club also announced that it will be sponsoring seven children who are planning to attend the Wekiva Youth Camp at the Wekiva State Park in Apopka, each for one week this summer.
“This year, we awarded a total of $8,000 in college scholarships to six students who graduated from high schools in the western communities,” said Carol Ralph, who stepped down as president of the Wellington Garden Club last month.
This year’s six scholarship recipients are Delia Hartley, attending the University of Florida; Marco Cassio, attending Palm Beach State College; Qiuivia Qui, attending either Florida State University or the University of Central Florida; Samantha Morin, attending the University of Florida; Getachew Amare Kefelegn, attending the University of Florida; and Keian Finlay, attending the University of Central Florida.
The Wellington Garden Club has been awarding scholarships since 2009, having awarded a total of $51,925 in the last 16 years to high school graduates from the western communities.
To learn more about the Wellington Garden Club, visit www.wellingtongardenclub.org.
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