How the effort to buy a bench turned into a scholarship fund

It’s curious how the efforts to do one thing can lead to another.

That’s what happened years ago when the Port Washington Garden Club decided to raise money to buy a park bench but ended up with a scholarship fund.

I was one of several new members of the Port Garden Club when the marina in downtown Port was reconfigured.

The result was Rotary Park, and it was suggested that the club buy a bench to put there. But the Garden Club had never had much money, so we decided to have a plant sale fundraiser.