LAKEPORT, Calif. – During the April meeting of Clear Lake Trowel and Trellis Garden Club (CLTTGC) member Nancy Benkelman was honored for her service to the club.

Benkelman was presented with a Penny Pines certificate.

CLTTGC participates in the Penny Pines program, which assist the National Forest Service in replanting areas damaged by fire, weather or insects with seedlings.

Each plantation which consists of a little less than one acre is planted with approximately 350 seedlings. The Forest Service provides a certificate in memory or honor of an individual or group.

 

CLTTGC sends donations to Mendocino National Forest, but any National Forest in California may be chosen.

At present our funds are used for the Spanish fire in the Grindstone Ranger District where 5,000 acres were destroyed in 2003.

 

Anyone interested in more information on participating in this program, contact Penny Pines Chairman Ann Blue at 707-263-5854.

Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club is a member of Mendo-Lake District, California Garden Club Inc., Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.