It's our tradition to decorate holiday wreaths on a Saturday morning in November each year. We meet at the Antioch Senior Center. The members bring their creative skills, tools and additional decorating supplies to make beautiful evergreen wreaths. Those wreaths then displayed through out the Antioch Village. It's always filled of fun and a great way to get in the holiday spirit.
Our annual tradition of donating wreaths to the community continued in style this year. Chairperson Mary Yott organized this fun and fast paced event for the second year, and we created our best wreaths ever. Some of the amazing bows were created by volunteer Karen S. and they made the wreathes extra beautiful!
Thank you to all our gardeners who donated their time and talent to make this year's event fun and memorable.
Mayor Scott Gardner stopped in to show his support and deliver coffee and donuts from Dunkin' Donuts.
The wreaths were purchased from longtime supporter Floral Acres and they were beautiful!
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Many of the beautiful wreaths you'll be seeing around town have been created for and donated to the community by the Antioch Garden Club. On November 18th, AGC members attended the annual wreath decorating event at the Antioch Village Center. Mary Yott did an outstanding job in her first year as project chairperson. The wreaths turned out beautifully, and we all had a great time getting into the holiday spirit!
Antioch's mayor Scott Gartner stopped in to deliver coffee and donuts from Dunkin Donuts, and to thank us for all we do for the community.
The wreaths were purchased from Floral Acres, they were fresh and beautiful!! Wreaths were hard to come by this year and we are thankful Floral Acres was able to deliver!!
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On November 20th, 13 AGC members attended the annual wreath decorating event at the Antioch Senior Center. Our special project chairwoman Carol Sackschewsky was leading the way with her little helper granddaughter Nora. S&S nursery once again ordered the 28 wreaths and 6 swags for us to decorate and had them ready for pickup at 8:00 am the day of the event. We all enjoyed decorating the wreath and thinking about the location around Antioch that our wreath would be hanging, hoping to bring in the start of the joyous Christmas season for the local visitors to the beautiful and friendly village of Antioch. The Public Works helped with the delivery and many members also helped delivering wreaths to their designated locations. Carol Sackschewsky wishes to thank all those who made this event so successful. We missed some of our members, but welcomed new members to this fun filled morning.
Under the leadership of our special project "Wreath Decoration" chairwoman Carol Sackschewsky, 8 AGC members gathered together at carol's husband Roy's workshop, decorated nearly 30 holiday wreaths and swags. Roy's workshop provided members with an optimal working environment and tools, as well as spaces for social distance during this unusual pandemic time. It was so wonderful to see many beautiful designs created from there that kept our holiday spirit high and the creative juice flow. Those wreaths and swags have been hung all over the Antioch Village in this holiday season 2020. The Antioch Garden Club is very proud of making our village a beautiful place to live.
Outside Roy's workshop
We had another successful wreath decoration event this Saturday Nov. 23rd at the Antioch Senior center. The committee chair Carol Sackschewsky and her husband Roy did a superb job to organize the event. They got all the supplies ordered, delivered and set up the working place ahead of the time, also entertained members with coffee and donuts. What a better way to kick off the holiday season than that! Thank you, Carol and Roy! We have total 24 people participated, also include a new member, friends of the members and ladies from the Antioch historical society. More than 30 beautiful wreathes and swages were decorated. Everyone got their creative juices flow and holiday spirit high. These creations are being hung all over the Village of Antioch. We are very proud of "Cultivating a Nicer Community".
Despite of snowy cold day, we had a record turn out at the wreath decoration event of 2018. 20 people took part in this fun activity. Thanks to the diligent organizer Carol S. and Marylyn M. who got everything ordered, delivered and had the work place set up ahead of the time, that made the decoration work a breeze. We decorated a total of 17 wreaths and 6 swags within two hours. All the decorated items will be hung on the buildings in Antioch community include Antioch metro train station; Antioch village government buildings; several senior centers; Antioch Fine Arts Foundation building; United Methodist Church, Antioch Historical Society buildings; etc. in this holiday season. Antioch Garden Club is very proud of making Antioch village a beautiful community to live.
It was windy, rainy and then followed with snow in the morning of our holiday wreath decoration day. But the holiday spirit kept us going strong. Under the leadership of our wreath decoration project chairwoman Lynn Z. and the big help of her husband Don Z. , they got all the raw materials ready to make wreathes before everyone arriving. Plus the coffee and treats donated by Dunkin Donuts that made us all happy and toasty. Total 10 members participated in this event. We decorated dozens of festival wreathes and then delivered to numerous places all over the Antioch village. It's sure to brighten the holiday season in our community. We are very pride of to keep this tradition going every year as a special project of our club.
What a great fun time we had at our wreath decorating event. Despite of cold and windy weather, 15 members showed up. It's our tradition every year in November to get together making holiday wreathes and swags for the Antioch community. The beautiful wreathes then hung all over the public buildings in the city. It's a great way to boost the holiday spirit. Members brought their creative skills, ideas and tools to make this a memorable event for the holiday season.
It was snowy, windy and cold on the day the club planned to have our Wreath Decoration done for the community. Nine brave and enthusiastic AGC members ventured out to the Antioch Senior Center. Under the leadership of the Wreath Decoration Committee co-chair Julie Tsuchida and Mary Spliedt-Dietze, the event went smoothly and was a complete success. Everyone brought their creative skills, ideas and tools, plus decorative elements, numerous beautiful evergreen wreaths were made. It was full of fun and holiday spirits. Members were also fortified with donuts and coffee donated by Dunkin Donuts. The wreaths were then delivered and hung throughout the Antioch Village with help of Cindy Cartner's husband-Ted. Many thanks to everyone who took part in this event. You Rock!