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It’s hard to believe how a little idea to do a fashion show for charity has blossomed into an event that typically gathers hundreds of people and last year raised over $220,000. Project Funway celebrates 10 years of fashion, fun and fundraising efforts to help the Education Foundation of Eagle County with its virtual event Saturday at 7 p.m.
The idea for Project Funway was created by friends Amy Fordham, Pavan Krueger, Diana Scherr, Claire Thayer and Jeanne Whitney.
“The five friends were in a living room hanging out enjoying a glass of wine when one of them discussed a new dress she was going to sew,” said Wendy Rimel, of Project Funway.
aflynn@lakeplacidnews.com From left, Beverley Reid and Claire Thayer are seen in December 2020. They co-wrote a history book on the Adirondack Community Church in Lake Placid. (Photo provided) The stone Adirondack Community Church on Main Street, Lake Placid, was dedicated in 1927. (News photo Andy Flynn) The Benson Memorial Cross, a World War I memorial on the grounds of the Adirondack Community Church on Main Street, Lake Placid, was dedicated in 1929. (News photo Andy Flynn)
The stone Adirondack Community Church on Main Street, Lake Placid, was dedicated in 1927. (News photo Andy Flynn)
LAKE PLACID Beverley Reid’s history with the Adirondack Community Church on Main Street goes way back 88 years to the time she was baptized on Feb. 26, 1933, one year after the III Olympic Winter Games came to town. Now she’s helped write the history of the church with fellow parishioner Claire Thayer.
Hiking alongside history at John Brown Farm State Historic Site
The first year giving guided, unguided First Day Hikes Share Updated: 6:26 PM EST Jan 1, 2021
The first year giving guided, unguided First Day Hikes Share Updated: 6:26 PM EST Jan 1, 2021
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Show Transcript NBC5 NEWS AT 5:30 STARTS NOW GOOD EVENING, I M STEWART LEDBETTER. UP TOP : MANY IN OUR REGION LACED UP THEIR BOOTS. AND SET-OUT FOR A FIRST-DAY HIKE TODAY. BUT NBC5 S ELENA BARILLA TELLS US HOW SOME HIKERS IN LAKE PLACID ALSO GOT A TASTE OF HISTORY. A 270-ACRE PIECE HISTORY NESTLED RIGHT IN THE ADIRONDACKS. THE FORMER HOMESTEAD TO ABOLITIONIST JOHN BROWN. IS A STATE HISTORIC SITE. (NAT OF GUIDE) A PLACE AMERICA S LONG AND CONTINUING FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE. HIKERS COMING FOR THEIR FIRST TREK OF THE YEAR. TO LEARN AND TAKE IN THE FRESH AIR ON GUIDED AND UNGUIDED TOURS. (BRENDAN MILLS/JOHN BROWN FARM SITE MANAGER) THAT S O