Thank you to our amazingly generous community — I do hope all of you realize this gazebo wouldn’t be possible if it were not for all of those who got involved.
I wish to thank all of you personally for not only the funding, but also all of the volunteer hours, the home hours of planning, and the lack of sleep. The people involved have invested their own personal time to see the gazebo take form.
It was just a dream of mine when we moved our family here 33 years ago. Taking a break from setting up the Glass Shop in ’87, I took a walk through this little Greenwood Park with my two-year-old son Cody in his stroller, and I thought, ‘This is a beautiful place for gatherings — they need a gazebo here.’ Being new to the area and not knowing a soul, it was just a thought. That was a long time ago.
The many people skills I have perfected — other than phone etiquette — working for West Fraser over 22 years have allowed me to meet many people in various industries. I have befriended thousands of people in 33 years in this community. Some are still business acquaintances, others with committees still much involved in, and many friends who have become closer than family. Some hate to see me coming to their place of business because I am usually on a mission to sweet talk them out of a product or funding for projects I’m involved in. My husband said, “Moe is the only one who can go up to a homeless person, tell them about a project, and either get them involved or get them to give her their last quarter — she would roll them over and check their pockets for more, then cook them a hot meal.”
In conversations with Sue Nelson during her earlier days working with the town, we had often said what a beautiful place; we both had a vision for the Christmas Wonderland in the Park, and with Lourelle Vooys’ persistence with her light donations, we are hoping to make it happen.
Thank you everyone, I can’t say it often enough, for giving to this project.
Moe Fahey,
Sundre
