A Calgary woman is celebrating the 100th anniversary of pancake breakfasts by creating mini pancake pins and selling them for a good cause.
," she said."It started by sharing them with a few friends, but I kept getting so many compliments and people wanting to own one."Ethier decided then to make 100 more pins and sell them by donation, with all proceeds going to the Calgary Stampede Foundation."I absolutely had no idea that it was going to become this amazing entity of its own," she said.
Fellow Volunteer Gene Edworthy was so impressed with the pins that he bought 25 of them for the Calgary Stampede Band of Outriders. Pins have an incredible history at the Calgary Stampede, dating all the way back to the first known pin created in 1908.Cassandra Cummings, historical specialist with the Calgary Stampede, says the pins are unique for each year, giving a snapshot of a certain theme.
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