Widows Day festival went ahead yesterday, Sunday, February 2nd.
Mary Andersen was the captain for Widows Day.
She says herself along with 6 people had their day and here is her message:
“Thank you so much to the people who made our Widow’s Day enjoyable. To our cooks who helped out a lot Kitu Solomon, Katie Barbour, Pauline Dicker and Regina Dicker. To Pijiks Regina Andersen, Jerry Barbour, Matt Barbour, Joshua Jack, and Johnny Winters. Also to Harry Green, Buddy and Jenny Merkuratsuk and the bell ringer. To the Nain Choir, Darlene Holwell, they comforted us very much. To all the people who did cakes and that, to Ulapitsaijet who gave us money for food and necessities. To Recreations, Lisa Ivany who gave us bingo cards. From all the Widow’s in Nain.”
The church services were at 10 am, 3 pm Love feast and 5 pm closing service.