1. The Garden Club of North Carolina, Inc.
Awards Program

2. GCNC 2nd Vice President/Awards Chair
Darene Honeycutt
GCNC 2nd Vice President/Awards Chair
167 Hudsontown Road
Dunn, NC
(910) or

3. New Information No electronic applications accepted
Mail SASE with application if you want your application returned (Mailed back to you after awards banquet at annual meeting.)

4. Make sure you have the most recent copy of the awards document; a few revisions have been posted to the website document. ●Yearbooks will be judged by NGC criteria; see new scoring sheet.

5. Common Mistakes
Mailing applications to the donor of the award; make sure they are mailed to the category chair!
EDUCATION
TO CATEGORY CHAIRMAN: Teresa Langley
North King Charles Rd., Raleigh 27510;  
65. PEGGY POLAK AWARD FOR YOUTH EDUCATION
Donor: Woodland Garden Club
$25.00 awarded to a club providing education for a youth garden club/s in any setting, i.e., classroom, daycare, 4-­‐H or
Scouts.
66. CHARLOTTE COUNCIL EDUCATION AWARD
Donor: Charlotte Council of Garden Clubs
$50.00 awarded for the best horticulture or environmental project/s that provides education to the public. This could include but is not limited to: seminars, workshops, programs, establishment of educational programs for a group, etc.

6. Application Form
Forgetting to include the application form. The application form is actually page 1 of your 3 page award application.
Entering club name incorrectly. Information is used to complete certificates. Certificates will not be reprinted due to this mistake.
Failure to meet absolute deadline of Dec. 1; in the hands of the category chair, not postmark.

7. Not following directions
Read requirements carefully!
Follow direction outlines to the point.
Scoring guide is included in awards document.

8. Questions Category chairs know the answers to their specific awards.
Call them for assistance if needed.
Contact Darene with questions.

9. Yearbooks Absolute deadline is November 1! No exceptions.
Judging process is difficult and lengthy.
SAR deadline has to be met.
New NGC scoring guide is included.

10. Ethics
Award applications must be for current year’s work unless award states it is a two-year project.
Respect the donors who provide the funds for the GCNC awards.
First place may not be won for 2 consecutive years (exceptions noted in document).

11. New Awards #46: Gold Star Memorial Award
#144: Linda Schmmitt Holiday Decoration Award
#201: Beverly Shearon Yearbook Award Change: For a club of 10 or less members.
#152: Youth Membership Award has been changed to a scroll to match the adult membership award (no cash).

12. Tips from NGC Label photos Include landscape design plan if requested
Include budget for projects
Observe page limit
Member participation is very important

13. Award Donors needed 30 awards are due for renewal next year
Several past donors are not renewing
See Darene if interested in sponsoring an award or proposing a new award

14. Maslin Award
Award is to honor a member for state level garden club work.
Guidelines will be strictly enforced
Follow instructions in awards document!

15. Member Award of Honor
Each district director should submit a district winner for this award.
This award honors garden club members at a local and district level.
Book of evidence required: follow instructions!

16. Category Chairs
Mail 1st place winners to Darene Honeycutt no later than January 2.
Include Category Chair judging sheets
Place applications in SASE, seal, but do not mail until after the awards banquet at the GCNC annual meeting.

17. SAR & NGC Awards
All award applications must be sent by the state awards chair.
Do not send SAR or NGC award applications directly to these organizations.

18. SAR Awards
SAR Special Project Plant, Protect, and Preserve our South Atlantic Region: Its national parks, state parks, public lands and community spaces. *Director Judy Barnes will share more with us.

19. NGC Awards
Plant America Focused on Educating, Supporting, Publicizing and Building America's Garden Communities *See NGC website

20. Corrections to Awards Document
Award #163: Sponsor is Garden Club of the Sandhills; contact person Marilyn Grube
Linda McLendon aol.com) not 1
Flower Shows Category Chair (p. 57) is Marge Silber
National Garden Week Chair: Tamra Thomas
Donor List updates (several incorrect)
Awards 171 & 173 were missing in Gardener

21. Group Discussion
Questions?
Suggestions
Concerns
Other

22. Door Prizes 1st person on sign-in sheet
1st time attending an awards workshop
New member to GCNC in 2017
1st time attending a GCNC Fall Board Meeting
Club has never applied for an award