April 9 Meeting Details

~ Dot Sieradzki

Spring is just around the corner; save the day for new thoughts on preparing your beds.

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Easy First Steps to
an Earth-Friendly Garden with Rebecca Warner

Rebecca Warner offers simple methods for making compost and
improving soil, by using easy ways to make mulch from free materials you find
close to home. Rebecca reveals a time-saving, earth-friendly way to prepare
beds for annuals and vegetables in the spring. She will give us a quick recipe
for making peat-free potting mix for use in your containers.

Rebecca Warner is a home gardener in Newton, Massachusetts with thirty
years’ experience working toward a sustainable garden. Her book, “The
Sustainable-Enough Garden,” is the story of her quest to make a beautiful
garden that’s environmentally friendly. Toward that end she has overhauled her
garden practices, from composting to mulching, lawn care to irrigation. She
blogs weekly at http://thesustainable-enoughgarden.blogspot.com/.

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APPLY TODAY FOR GLOUCESTER BIOTECHNOLOGY ACADEMY!

~ Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute

The deadline for priority admission has passed, but applications are still being accepted for the upcoming Gloucester Biotechnology Academy class of 2020!

Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn hands-on science at the bench, and get your career started in biotech!

Visit gmgi.org/apply to learn more and download the applications.

Reach out to John Doyle, Education Director with any questions at john.doyle@gmgi.org

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Get a Garden and Give a Garden with Backyard Growers this spring

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Are you interested in enjoying a thriving veggie garden in your own backyard, while also giving back to the community? Check out Backyard Growers’ Get-a-Garden, Give-a-Garden program.

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For a $1,000 donation ($500 of which is tax deductible), you receive your own 8’x4’x2’ raised vegetable garden bed built by the Backyard Growers team, with access to all the support you need to make it flourish, like this one:

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Your donation also gives a low-income Gloucester family or senior a garden of their own. All program participants have free access to Backyard Growers’ gardening trainings and cooking workshops, giving them the tools to grow their own produce and enjoy it in delicious, healthy meals.

For more information or to get started, contact community@backyardgrowers.org or call 978-281-0480.

Pins for Paws

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Cape Ann Animal Aid is participating in the 2019 Gloucester Pride Stride and our team, Paws for the Cause, is hosting a bowling event on Sunday, April 7, 2019 from 12-2pm to raise funds for the Veterinary Care Fund! Get your friends and family together and join us for a some strings of bowling, raffle prizes, and more — all for a great cause! Reserve a lane for up to six players ($120 per lane, teams of up to six people, includes 3 strings of bowling and shoe rental for all). Don’t forget to bring some extra spending money for raffles, games, food and drinks! Cape Ann Lanes has a great selection of food and beverages!


**If you want to participate but don’t have enough players to reserve a lane, please email events@capeannanimalaid.org to reserve your spot ($20/person) and we’ll place you on a team at the event (while space is available).**

Register @ https://www.flipcause.com/secure/cause_pdetails/NTE1MTU=

Facebook Event Page  – https://www.facebook.com/events/832022077129071/

A Night at the Races Fundraiser

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The Gloucester Rotary Club invites the public to attend their FUNdraising event – “A Night at the Races” on Friday, March 29, at Cruiseport Gloucester, located at 6 Rowe’s Wharf in Gloucester. Doors open at 6:30 pm. All proceeds from this event will support local and international programs of the Gloucester Rotary.

A Night at the Races promises to be a fun-filled evening for adults with all the suspense and excitement of being at the racetrack. High quality, video-taped horse races are narrated from start to finish by lively announcers. During the evening there will be complimentary hors d’oeuvre, a cash bar, and variety of raffles. At various points during the evening, betters will be able to use their winnings to bid on merchandise and services that have been donated for the event. For the most fun, reserve a table – bring a group. Tickets are $10 per person and may be purchased in advance from any Gloucester Rotarian or at the door.