Because of you
https://archives.anglican.ca/link/article40378
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Journal
- Under the Sun: News from the Primate's World Relief and Development Fund
- Date
- 2017 February
- Material Type
- Journal Article
- Date
- 2017 February
- Page
- 3
- Notes
- "The outpouring of support for Fort McMurray, Alberta in the spring of 2016 was tremendous. Canada watched with concern as a wildfire descended on a community of over 80,000 people, forcing them all to evacuate. The Dioceses of Athabasca and Edmonton began to respond immediately to the needs of the tens of thousands driving south from Fort McMurray through their parishes and volunteers. Anglicans responded through the PWRDF, donating more than a quarter of a million dollars for relief efforts. PWRDF is working with a steering committee created by priests and lay leaders from the Fort McMurray parishes of St. Thomas and All Saints to oversee the relief work undertaken. Committee members were all evacuees themselves, and therefore have firsthand information and experience about the needs and challenges surrounding the rebuilding of Fort McMurray, both in terms of infrastructure and socially. The will design, implement and monitor the projects using the funds from PWRDF".
- Subjects
- Wildfires - Alberta - Fort McMurray
- Fires - Canada
- Disaster relief - Canada
- Disaster relief - Religious aspects - Anglican Church of Canada
- St. Thomas Anglican Church (Fort McMurray, Alta.)
- All Saints Anglican Church (Fort McMurray, Alta.)
- Primate's World Relief and Development Fund (PWRDF)