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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><a name="_Hlk80349630">FOR RELEASE: AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021 <o:p></o:p></a></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'>CONTACT: Joan DiPersio 508-888-6870<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'> Thornton Burgess Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'><b>BEACH PLUM PLANT GIVE-AWAY!<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'>Thornton Burgess Green Briar Nature Center & Jam Kitchen is the recipient of a second grant to be used for purchasing beach plum plants that will be planted in private Cape Cod home gardens. In return for two free shrubs, recipient gardeners agree to harvest and deliver the fruit to the Jam Kitchen as the source of its popular beach plum jelly. All proceeds from the sale of its jams and jellies support the programs of the non-profit organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'>Interested? Please visit the website at </span><a href="http://www.thorntonburgess.org"><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'>www.thorntonburgess.org</span><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'> to download the application form. Completed form must be submitted by September 25. Pickup date for the plants is September 30 from 9am to noon at the Green Briar Nature Center in East Sandwich. 508-888-6870.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'>-#-<o:p></o:p></span></p><span style='mso-bookmark:_Hlk80349630'></span><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;line-height:150%'><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Joan DiPersio<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Public Relations Coordinator<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thornton Burgess Green Briar Nature Center and Jam Kitchen<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>6 Discovery Hill Road<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>E. Sandwich, MA 02563<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>508-888-6870 <a href="mailto:joan@thorntonburgess.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>joan@thorntonburgess.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>www.thorntonburgess.org<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>