Revelstoke’s warmhearted women turned out by the score on Sunday for a special fund-raising event — the Tea for an Angel at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives.
The tea was held to raise money to help pay for the special enclosure needed to protect the Angel of Hope statue at Woodenhead Park from the jerks who have vandalized it several times since it was erected — most recently this past Monday.
“I simply don’t understand people who do that,” said Cheryl Wolgram whose daughter, Brianne, is commemorated by the statue. “They tore it right off the pedestal and broke more of the (already damaged) wing off. I’ve taken her home where she’ll be safe until she can be repaired and placed inside the enclosure.”
However, Cheryl refused to be disheartened during what proved to be a marvelous event at the museum.
About 100 women attended the tea and raised more than $1,157 to help pay for the enclosure.
Cheryl Wolgram (center back) pours tea for some of the ladies who attended the Tea for an Angel at the Revelstoke Museum & Archives on Sunday afternoon. The event was held to raise funds to help pay for completion of the special enclosure that has been set up at Woodenhead Park to protect the Angel of Hope statue erected in memory of her daughter Brianne, who disappeared 12 years ago. David F. Rooney photoPhilomena Devlin (left) gestures as she talks with Irene Murphy (center) and Jan Feldinger at the Tea for an Angel. David F. Rooney photoClara Dixon (center) chats with her daughter Brenda (center, left) Judy Vigue (left) and Val Cyronek at the Tea for an Angel. David F. Rooney photoThis is the pedestal for the Angel of Hope. Sadly, though, the cherub is missing. It was vandalized yet again on Monday. "I've taken her home where she'll be safe until she can be repaired and placed inside the enclosure," Cheryl Wolgram said Sunday. The statue has been repeatedly vandalized this latest act saw more damage inflicted to a wing broken off by hooligans this spring. David F. RooneyThis is the enclosure erected at Woodenhead Park to protect the Angel of Hope. David F. Rooney photo
