Bring Your Games and Play With Us!

On Wednesday, March 16th, 2016 from 10am to 2pm, we will be hosting a Spring Fling Game Day at the Community Church of Cocoa Beach located at 126 S. Atlantic Avenue.  Bring your friends, cards, and games for a day of fun, food and prizes! Lunch is included as well as door and table prizes.  There will also be plants for sale, 50/50 raffles as well as themed raffle baskets to make it even more exciting!  Reserve your table now and purchase tickets priced at $15.00 per person by calling  321-868-7393 or 321-783-5115.  

The Many Uses of The Mighty Moringa Tree

Club member , Marion Anderson,  presented five fun facts on the Moringa oleifera; which is a fast-growing, deciduous  tree native to South Asia and now found throughout the tropics and right here in Cocoa Beach! It can reach a height of 32 - 40 ft and the trunk can reach a diameter of 1.5 ft.  The leaves have been used as part of traditional medicine for centuries. The leaves are loaded with vitamins, minerals, essential amino acids, antioxidants, and more.  It has anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, cholesterol-lowering, and cardioprotective properties.  Moringa seeds even work better for water purification than many of the conventional synthetic materials in use today.  If you have access to a moringa tree, you can use the fresh leaves in your meals; they have a flavor similar to a radish.  Toss them like a salad, blend them into smoothies, or steam them like spinach. 

Wonderful Holiday Arrangements Made By Merry Members!

At our December meeting, Rockledge Roses and Wine instructed members on making beautiful holiday floral arrangements.  Grace McDade - Hicks and Len Beckett did a marvelous job with giving tips on required tools, cutting techniques, required materials, placement techniques of the assorted evergreens that were used, ribbon tying and overall design.  Cedar, holly, cephalaria, pine cones, ribbon and candles were used to assemble some of these festive centerpieces: