{"id":453,"date":"2024-04-26T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gmanr\/?p=453"},"modified":"2024-04-26T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T19:09:19","slug":"volunteers-we-appreciate-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.extension.uga.edu\/gmanr\/2024\/04\/volunteers-we-appreciate-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Volunteers: We Appreciate You!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

April 21-27, 2024 is Volunteer Appreciation Week for the Georgia Master Gardener Program! We want to take this time to shine a light on some of our amazing volunteers and all of the hard work they put in to help better the Glynn County Extension program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Master Gardeners (MG) must complete a training course that takes 42 hours of in class instruction. Following this training, they continue to learn by volunteering 50 hours alongside other, more experienced MG in their county. This year, we have two new MG trainees: Jay Warren and Suzanne Hurley. They are about a month away from completing the final class. We are so proud of them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jay Warren preparing the row crop bed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Suzanne Hurley (right) helping Linda set up a bamboo lattice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While they haven’t finished their training yet, they have been volunteering on their own time to help the Madge Merritt 4-H Teaching Garden succeed. Both of these MG Trainees joined our program through the monthly Meet Me in the Garden program our current MG volunteers host. Following their attendance at a program, they offered their help to maintain the garden for future programs. They enjoyed the experience so much that when a course opened in Savannah for them to attend, they jumped at the opportunity! <\/p>\n\n\n\n