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Rachelle DeMarco, right, receives a $2,000 scholarship from Quiet Corner Garden Club President, Elaine Turner, left, and Ann Bastian, center, chair of the Scholarship Committee.
Garden club awards 2 scholarships
WOODSTOCK — Raychelle DeMarco of Ashford and Rhiannon Martin of Dayville were awarded scholarships by The Quiet Corner Garden Club at its February meeting. They were selected based on a combination of academic achievement, leadership qualities, community service, letters of recommendation and personal statement essays.
DeMarco, a 2022 graduate of E.O. Smith High School, attends UConn majoring in ecology and evolutionary biology. She received a $2,000 scholarship. Martin is studying environmental engineering at Three Rivers Community College and will receive her $1,500.00 award at the Club’s March meeting. She is a 2022 graduate of Killingly High School. The Quiet Corner Garden Club awards scholarships each year to students wishing to study horticulture related fields such as Agronomy, Botany, City Planning, Conservation, Environmental Studies, Floriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Land Management, Landscape Design, Plant Pathology, Aquaponics, and Natural Resources. Funds raised at the Club’s signature Plant Sale, always held the Saturday of Mother’s Day weekend, are used to provide the scholarships as well as fund other civic projects in the Quiet Corner.
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