President's Letter

December 2024

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On Sunday, November 10th, the Orchid Society of Western Pennsylvania held its regular monthly meeting at the Spartan Events Center in Hazelwood with approximately 55 members attending. It was a great attendance for a rainy day. Some of our members traveled well over an hour to attend.

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Bill Goldner, our speaker, began to sell his orchids while Sheila Nathanson shared her amazing knowledge of nobile dendrobiums and how to grow and bloom them at the Mini-Class. Our OSWP business meeting started at 2PM. Zander Morrison volunteered to help the OSWP move into more social media platforms. Lance Cheuvront guides our Facebook platform. We still are looking for one or two members to be Ambassadors to welcome people to our meetings so no one feels like a stranger.

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Bill Goldner presented his talk on miniature phragmipediums and then continued to sell more of his great orchids.

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Kathy McCafferty, Lawrene Neel and Mary Ann Pike, our show chairs for our March Orchid Show, are doing a great job organizing all the show committee chairs and establishing a game plan. They introduced themselves again at the meeting. They also introduced all the Show Committee Chairs in attendance and then briefly explained some important timing aspects.

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We send out a huge thanks to Kim O’Toole for stepping in to take minutes and Everett Chronowski for helping at the Welcome Table.

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We hope to see you at our OSWP Holiday Party on Sunday, 12/8, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, across from South Hills Village. See the OSWP website for more details and how to sign up.

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Have a wonderful Holiday Season and may your new year be filled with much happiness and good growth.

 

Think orchids,

Gary VanGelder and Demetria Marsh