Affiliate Meeting

“The Purple Project”

Friday, May 30, 2025 at  8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

Marie Glass, Paradise, Pennsylvania

Join us at the Affiliate breakfast (7:45 a.m.) so you’re in your seat for the Affiliate Meeting (8:30 a.m.) where you’ll hear about an outreach program to grow your club’s presence in your community. Marie created the Purple Project that invites the public to participate in a class for 6-8 weeks where they learn everything she can teach them about violets. She will be sharing lessons that may inspire the creation of your club’s own Purple Project outreach.

A teacher for 36 years, Marie found an African violet passion reignited from the ‘70’s following a 2013 trip to Russia that included a visit with Vladimir and Tatiana Kalgin. Inspired by their vision, she has found a way to bring empowerment through beauty for those struggling to overcome generational poverty in her community.