GCA National Affairs and Legislative Conference
Washington DC in February 2012

Rusticus members joined over 300 other Garden Club of America (GCA) members from across the country at the annual GCA National Affairs and Legislative Conference in Washington, DC in February 2012. The NAL Conference focuses on legislation affecting environmental and conservation issues and provides an opportunity for members to meet with their Congressional representatives to discuss these issues and possible solutions. Rusticus members and representatives from the 21 other GCA clubs in New York State met with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, who also was a keynote speaker at the Conference, and legislative aides to Senator Charles Schumer. Rusticus members and other members in New York's 19th Congressional district also met separately with their representative, Representative Nan Hayworth.