Solve Maternity Homes to dedicate 100-year-old home to founder

Solve to dedicate 100-year-old home to founder

MANATEE -- Solve Maternity Homes will offer tours at the open house for its renovated original Maternity Home from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8.

The 100-year-old Bradenton structure at 1509 Eighth Ave. W. in the Historic Ware's Creek District underwent substantial renovations this year. A dedication ceremony begins at 2 p.m.

Solve now has four maternity homes. This was the first and the favorite of founder, Helen Cadoret, who died in 2011. The historic home will be renamed "Helen's Home" in her honor.

Cadoret started Solve in 1976 as a Christ-centered crisis pregnancy center.

Local chapters of the Knights of Columbus will be honored in recognition of renovation project contributions.

Refreshments will be served.

RSVP: To OpenHouse@solvehomes.org or call 941-748-0094.

Manatee Orchid Society will feature Paul, Mary Storm

PARRISH -- The Manatee Orchid Society will feature Paul and Mary Storm their 7 p.m. meeting Nov. 10 focusing on the Schomburgkia orchid propagation.

The Storm nursery in Sarasota, holds what is believed to be the largest collection of Schombo-Laelia and Myrmecophila species and hybrids anywhere.

Manatee Orchid Society meetings are at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday each month at the Manatee River Garden Club, 3120 First Ave. W., Bradenton.

The public is invited to hear about this orchid and how to care for it.

-- Herald staff reports

This story was originally published October 31, 2015 at 12:00 AM with the headline "Solve Maternity Homes to dedicate 100-year-old home to founder ."