Innovative fundraiser.When Candace Mahaffey, women's coordinator for the diocese of Athabasca, three years ago developed a logo for the diocesan di·oc·e·san adj. Of or relating to a diocese. n. The bishop of a diocese. diocesan Adjective of or relating to a diocese Noun 1. women's group, she never dreamed it would become part of a diocesan-wide fundraiser. For 28 years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time women have met annually at different locations for fun, fellowship and spiritual renewal. Two years ago, women from the isolated native community of Fort Chipewyan Fort Chipewyan (chĭpəwī`ən), trading post, NE Alta., Canada, at the west end of Lake Athabasca. The old Fort Chipewyan, on the south shore, was built for the North West Company at the urging of Alexander Mackenzie in 1788. asked if the meeting could come to them. Each year, they had to raise money by catering suppers in their town to allow them to attend. Fort Chipewyan is located in northeastern Alberta, about 100 kilometers south of the Northwest Territories' border. It is only accessible by air and winter road when the Athabasca River Athabasca River River, west-central Canada. A tributary of the Mackenzie River in Alberta, it rises in the Rocky Mountains in Jasper National Park and flows northeast and north 765 mi (1,231 km) into Lake Athabasca. freezes. St. Paul's
To make Fort Chipewyan a viable location for this annual conference, some ways to reduce the costs needed to be found. More than $2,700 was raised from the sale of the tote bags and pendants with the new women's group logo. |
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