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        <ExplanationTxt>| Grants And Similar Amounts Paid:, Amount:| $537 to City of New Bern's Farmers' Market public garden. $296 to St. Paul's Childrens' Garden. $1,590 for Cropmasters' Garden. $345 for ID tags for trees within the New Bern Civil War Batttlefield Park. $50 to the Food Bank. Total $2818, $2818|</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>| Other Expenses:, Amount:| Demonstration garden maintenance at County Extension Center including plants and supplies., $1534|</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>| Explanation:| Doing business as Names: Craven County Master Gardener Volunteer Association Inc. Other Doing Business as names: None</ExplanationTxt>
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        <ExplanationTxt>| Explanation:| Bulb sale inventory is kept by bulb supplier and not maintained by Association. and shipped Supplier ships directly to buyer.</ExplanationTxt>
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