By Nancy Smith, St. Aidan's, Virginia Beach
ECW Diocesan President, Nancy Sands, asked women gathered at the Spring
Annual Meeting May 16 for a positive vote to support a project near and
dear to her heart, and she got it. The women voted unanimously to
support the 2015-2016 ECW diocesan outreach project, "God Bless the
Children." The project will support the children and youth at
Jackson-Feild Homes and Boys Home of Virginia in two ways. First, by
providing items needed on the homes' wish lists and second, by donating
funds to create an endowment to help the youth with expenses when they
head for college or begin a new job after graduation. Watch for more
information.
ECW Diocesan President, Nancy Sands, asked women gathered at the Spring
Annual Meeting May 16 for a positive vote to support a project near and
dear to her heart, and she got it. The women voted unanimously to
support the 2015-2016 ECW diocesan outreach project, "God Bless the
Children." The project will support the children and youth at
Jackson-Feild Homes and Boys Home of Virginia in two ways. First, by
providing items needed on the homes' wish lists and second, by donating
funds to create an endowment to help the youth with expenses when they
head for college or begin a new job after graduation. Watch for more
information.
The ECW also
celebrated its 125th anniversary of founding in 1890 at the meeting.
Historic Glebe Church in Suffolk, the host parish, was the perfect site
to honor a special guest, ECW's founder Louisa Taylor Letcher, portrayed
by Betty Kennedy. ECW Historian, Barbara Taylor, portraying Judy Emery,
the first corresponding secretary for the Women's Auxiliary, ECW's
foundation, introduced Louisa.
Photo L to R: ECW
Diocesan President, Nancy Sands, Christ Church, Danville; ECW Historian,
Barbara Taylor, St. Francis, Virginia Beach; and Betty Kennedy, St.
Aidan's, Virginia Beach.
