{"id":96,"date":"2017-12-18T14:56:46","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T19:56:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/box5145.temp.domains\/~actongar\/?page_id=96"},"modified":"2018-10-14T10:39:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T14:39:00","slug":"goals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/goals\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Purpose<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eighty four years after its inception, The Acton Garden Club continues to follow the traditions and goals of its founding members and adheres to its original purpose:<\/p>\n<p><em>To promote a greater interest in gardening and to share experiences that shall be of mutual benefit<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Goals<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To provide opportunities for learning in the areas of horticulture, floral<br \/>\ndesign, landscape design, and environmental issues. This is accomplished<br \/>\nby offering informational programs, staging flower shows, and<br \/>\ncommitting to community service projects. Participation in GCFM<br \/>\nsponsored programs is encouraged.<\/li>\n<li>To promote civic beauty with seasonal plantings throughout the Town,<br \/>\nto maintain the historic gardens, and to promote well-being through<br \/>\ngarden therapy.<\/li>\n<li>To encourage study in the environmental sciences by awarding scholarships<br \/>\nto graduating Acton seniors who intend to major in an environmental<br \/>\nfield, and award educational grants to Town of Acton employees<br \/>\nand Town organizations to directly benefit residents of Acton<br \/>\n.<\/li>\n<li>To respond to requests by local community agencies for floral arrangements,<br \/>\nfinancial assistance, or volunteers to help with civic projects.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose Eighty four years after its inception, The Acton Garden Club continues to follow the traditions and goals of its founding members and adheres to its original purpose: To promote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":652,"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.actongardenclub.org\/staging\/5475\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}