Event Highlights - 2010

March

• Sent out fundraising letters to members, sponsors and associates.

April

• Interviewed and hired students to work in the gift shop.

May

• Sponsored a booth at the Rocky Trade Fair and sold pull tickets as a fundraiser.
• Worked a casino in Red Deer as a fundraiser
• Prepared and planted our Fur Trade garden.

June

• Entered a float in the Rocky Mountain House Rodeo parade together with Parks Canada.

July

• Held our annual Bison Burger Barbeque on Canada Day.
• Sponsored special guests, The Edmonton House Brigade re enactors, at the Legends and Legacies weekend

August

• Held a pancake breakfast with the Museum Board at the Bastions and Bones weekend.  Special Guests were the Pikani, who demonstrated Pikani traditions.
• Held a veggie Barbeque with vegetables from the Fur Trade garden.

September

• Hosted a Volunteer Thank you barbeque with a guided tour of the short trail and a preview of the new Site video.
• Cleaned out our storage shed and held a yard sale.  It was a beautiful day.

October

• Provided lunch for new Canadians who came to experience our history at the Authentic Canada event.

November

• Held our Annual General Meeting.  New Site manager, Greg Joyce, was the guest speaker.

December

• Several Board members attended an "unconference" at Lake Louise where we had an opportunity to share ideas with other Friends groups.