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The October 2026 Seabrook Island Garden Club meeting featured Pam Hrick, a floral designer who fell in love with the art of pressed flowers. She discussed different flower pressing processes and demonstrated her technique using a wooden flowers press with layered cardboard, paper, and felt. In addition, she brought large pieces of her art as well as cards, bookmarks, and gift tags to illustrate the variety of ways pressed flowers can be preserved and enjoyed. To learn more about Always Abloom, click here.

The November Garden Club meeting will be held on Friday, November 13 at 9:30 am at the Oyster Catcher Community Center. It will feature Jen Tyrrell from Audubon South Carolina presenting how to create a bird-friendly yard on Seabrook Island. Please remember to bring cash for our raffle-$1 per ticket to benefit our philanthropy activities. Visitors are welcome to attend meetings and asked to make a $5 donation. For more information about upcoming Seabrook Island Garden Club events, click here.

We hope to see you in November!

-Submitted by the Seabrook Island Garden Club

Seabrook Island Village—Neighbors Helping Neighbors, held a program titled “The Empowered Caregiver” on Monday, October 19, at the Lake House. The event drew more than 70 participants and featured two impressive speakers.

Venita Olson, with the South Carolina Alzheimer’s Association, led a presentation and follow-up discussion on how caregivers, friends, neighbors, and healthcare professionals can prepare for effective communication with someone who has dementia. Venita discussed using a person-centered approach by drawing on what the caregiver knows about the person’s unique abilities and preferences. She emphasized the importance of recognizing that changes in behavior are caused by the disease, not the individual.

Sara Perry, of Respite Care Charleston, shared information about the services and support systems available to Seabrookers through the organization she leads. She described support groups for caregivers and programs for people living with dementia, and she offered contact information and personal assistance through Respite Care Charleston.

For information about upcoming events, please visit seabrookislandvillage.org.

-Submitted by Seabrook Island Village

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Seabrook Island Village, Neighbors Helping Neighbors, was pleased to present a community program on fire safety at the Lake House on October 9, 2026. Chief Fire Marshal Tim Pristatskiy, assisted by Senior Captain Ed Singleton, shared the remarkable history and rapid growth of the Johns Island Fire Department.

Chief Tim described the fire department’s beginnings with the hiring of its first—and only—professional firefighter in 1969, the construction of the first fire station in 1978, and the challenges faced by early volunteers. Today, the Johns Island Fire District has 148 employees and seven fire stations.