The ECW will honor
its founder, Louisa Taylor Letcher, at the Spring Annual Meeting. Nancy
Sands, ECW diocesan president, has declared May 16, Louisa Taylor
Letcher Day, in observance of the ECW's 125th anniversary. In 1890,
Louisa, a Norfolk resident, and her friend Sallie Stuart from
Alexandria, organized the Women's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Virginia
at St. Paul's parish in Norfolk. Louisa and Sallie served as
co-presidents. When the Diocese of Southern Virginia was formed in 1892,
Louisa continued as president in the newly-formed diocese until her
death in 1920.
All women are
invited to attend the ECW Spring Annual Meeting at Glebe Church in
Suffolk May 16 to celebrate ECW's anniversary, meet Louisa Taylor
Letcher in person, and to learn about "God Bless the Children," ECW's
proposed 2015-16 outreach project, to benefit Jackson-Field Homes and
Boys Home of Virginia. Ann E. Chaffins, Assistant Director of
Development at Jackson-Feild Homes, and Megan-Drew Tiller, Church
Relations, Boys Home of Virginia, will speak at the meeting. "This
project is very important to me," Nancy said. "I feel we need to help
give these young people a good start in life and let them know that
someone cares about them." Your vote is important.
Glebe Rector, the
Rev. Ross Keener, will officiate at Eucharist. Contact Louise Boss, ECW
corresponding secretary, to register for the meeting, 757-678-5331 or
louiseboss@exede.net, by May 9. The $12 registration fee includes lunch.
