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Marshall-Putnam Master Gardener named gardening award recipient · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Marshall Putnam Master Gardener named Gardening Award recipient. Written by
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  Speaker 1: Kate Santillan. This article is being read by an automated
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  Speaker 1: voice brought to you by Everlett. The University of Illinois
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  Speaker 1: Extension recently named Marshall Putnam Master Gardener Amy Moore McKee
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  Speaker 1: as the recipient of the twenty six State Outstanding Master
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  Speaker 1: Gardner Award. Moore McKee was selected for her commitment to local,
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  Speaker 1: educational and community projects. She is a contributor to the
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  Speaker 1: Healthy Gardening Project, which provides local food pantries with seeds
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  Speaker 1: and plants and helps community members learn to grow food.
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  Speaker 1: Moore McKee also assists the Seeds to Harvest School Gardening
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  Speaker 1: Program with youth education, garden maintenance, and harvest activities. She
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  Speaker 1: has dedicated more than three hundred hours of volunteer service
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  Speaker 1: to the Bureau LaSalle and Marshall put Non Master Gardner
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  Speaker 1: Program since twenty eighteen. Amy is always willing to lend
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  Speaker 1: a hand and share her knowledge with others. University of
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Extension Commercial Agriculture educator Emily Hansen said in a
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  Speaker 1: news release, whether she is working with youth, supporting community projects,
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  Speaker 1: or teaching flower arranging. She brings enthusiasm, generosity, and a
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  Speaker 1: passion for gardening to everything she does. Mor McKee developed
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  Speaker 1: flower arranging workshops featuring flowers from her garden. She also
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  Speaker 1: led flower arranging workshops as part of the University of
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  Speaker 1: Illinois Extensions Learn Grow, Share series and for community members.
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  Speaker 1: Mor McKee will lead a flower arranging workshop in August.
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  Speaker 1: She annually volunteers for the Marshall Putnam Fair and for
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  Speaker 1: h Fair. The State Outstanding Master Gardener Award recognizes volunteers
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  Speaker 1: who demonstrate community leadership, initiative, collaboration, continuing education, and service.
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  Speaker 1: For more information, visit dough dot Illinois dot edu, slash
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