St. George’s Evening Anglican Church Women (Lennoxville) Annual report for the year 2017

It is with sadness that the Diocese of Quebec ACW was dissolved as a group this year. However, St. George’s Evening ACW will continue to work for the good of our church and community.

Ferne Mcconnell, as in the past several years, is our president and we appreciate her dedication. The rest of the executive also remains the same. We have thirteen paid members and have an average attendance at our monthly meetings of 8.

Through our fundraisers, we are able to support community organizations and St. George’s Church. St. George’s Evening ACW received proceeds from the sale of 1045 decorated Easter eggs, 235 milkweed plants, 110 beautifully decorated Christmas wreaths, Dieleman products and church calendars plus our share of the proceeds from the annual Fall Quilt Show and our Christmas Tea and Bazaar.

St. George’s Evening ACW was able to help financially the following local community organizations: Lennoxville Elementary School, Alexander Galt Regional High School, Lennoxville and District Women’s Centre for their “Secret Santa Project,” Anglican Foundation of Canada, St. George’s Social Committee and St. George’s Church Corporation. We also helped and provided food for the “Friday night student suppers.”

Every year for the past several years, the Evening ACW has sent shoeboxes to the Port of Quebec for the seamen at Christmas. Members of the congregation were sent cards and Meals on Wheels in times of need. Money is sent annually to the Women’s Inter-church Council of Canada from our Fellowship of the Least Coin collection. We continue to support Save the Children Canada. Each year we take part in the World Day of Prayer.

St. George’s Evening ACW extends a heartfelt THANK YOU to the members of the church congregation and people of the community who support us in many ways. Your help is truly appreciated.

We are few in members, so if you would like to join our group, your assistance would be most helpful.

Respectfully submitted, Margie Woollerton