The Menard Morning Glories JMG group, from Menard, Texas have been chosen has 2009 National Junior Master Gardener Group Service & Achievement Award Winner. This group serves as an exceptional example of how young people can together as leaders while giving back to their community. The Menard Morning Glories, now consisting of thirty members, have learned and accomplished a great deal. The group has reached out to the local fire department, schools, garden club, senior center and public library with their annual plant sale. Some of their service projects this year include donating produce to senior citizens at the church and raising plants to be donated to the landscaping of the town’s library. Thanks to the funds raised at events like their plant sale, the Menard Morning Glories have had the privilege to take many exciting field trips. In the past three years they have been able to travel to Austin, San Antonio, Johnson City and Fredericksburg, Texas and get hands on experience in different environments and become familiar with unique programs put on in each town. We congratulate the hard-working members and leader in the Menard Morning Glories Junior Master Gardener Group for their exempary efforts.