April 26 speaker

Our guest speaker this week was Janet Tryhuba from the Fort Edmonton Foundation.

 

She started her presentation with a short video showing the attractions of the Park as it is now.

 

Janet talked about the history of Fort Edmonton and how it was created, in part, by the efforts of the Edmonton Rotary Club. She talked about how the park has been developed through a series of 10 year plans. The current plans call for;

1. expansion of the Selkirk Hotel ( our Club has contributed towards an Edmonton Rotary initiative to fund the expansion) 

2. Indigenous Peoples experience

3. New Front Admissions Area

3. 1920s Midway expansion

 

It sounds like lots of exciting changes for one of Edmonton's major attractions.

 

for further information you can visit their website at http://www.fortedmontonfoundation.org/support-the-fort

 

Janet also invited us to attend their fundraiser events;

 - Chief Factor's Breakfast - May 28, 2017 - http://www.fortedmontonfoundation.org/factors-breakfast

-  Fall Gala - a Night in the Wild West - September 16, 2017 (contact Janet at jtryhuba@fortedmontonfountation.org for tickets ($200 each))

 - Jeans and jewels Rotary Legacy Fundraiser - June 15 2017 (contact Michele Johnson - mjohnson@drivingforce.ca for tickets ($4,000 for table of 8)