The Garden Market made a glorious return with 63 vendor booths and 5300+ visitors during our two-day event. These numbers indicate this was the largest Garden Market in our 25 year GM history! After this long and dark time, we certainly needed sunshine, laughter, friends and community, and a return to our cherished traditions. We celebrated spring, our beautiful creations, and the joy of being together. We are so thankful you joined us and supported our efforts with time, talent and treasure!
We are certainly thankful for the countless volunteers who planned and worked at the Garden Market. There are too many to list, as we would be sure to miss a few key helpers, but there is a leadership team who stepped up and helped plan and coordinate this huge event:
- Garden Market Co-chairs: Dawn Rodenbaugh and Karen Schaeffer
- Father John Schaeffer, Mike Pugh and George Balog our Wardens, and our Vestry
- Treasurer Responsibilities: Barb England and Judy Coudon
- Office Administrator, Valerie Manges
- Vendor Coordinator: Dawn Rodenbaugh
- Business Sponsorships: Karen Schaeffer and Linda Gibeck
- Maintenance, Set-up and Take-down: Rich & Wendy Gilbert
- Bake Table: Donna Boyd and Susan Zerr
- Greeters & Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Andrea Pugh
- ECW Plant Table: Sande Taylor and Pat Wagner
- Old Fool’s Tools: Larry Gibeck and Charlie Kornsey
- The Hot Dog Table: Sandi Lasako, Sharon Wells, and Debbie Schneider
- The Welcome Table: Phyllis Doyle
- The Green Team: Linda Hunt and George Kaplan
- The Silent Auction and 50/50: Linda Gibeck and Becky Flood Hall
- Traffic and Parking: Scott Zerr and Bob Jones (Dexter House)
- Church Tours: Dru Torregrossa and Chan Cosans
- Children’s Marigolds: Kathy Mullen
- Mother Goose: Kathy Lichtenstein
- American Gothic Photo Board: Ron & Joy Himmel
- Duck Races: Linda Gibeck and Jen Swoboda
- Music Coordination: Carol Weisel
- Audio: Joel Alarcon
- Security Coordination: Bill Weisel; Bob Jones and Dexter House members
- Publicity and Signage: Karen Schaeffer
- Town Liaisons: Melissa Cook Mackenzie and Stephanie Dean
We also want to thank the orchestra students of North East Middle School for their performance on Friday evening. And, Scott Wells, the “Chesapeake Troubadour” and son of Marion Wells, for his gift of music on Saturday.
