A Bit of History

The Sisters Community Labyrinth was built by Sisters Cohort 3 of The Ford Family Foundation's Community Leadership course in 2012.

The leadership course was part of a series of training classes designed to create skilled, knowledgeable and motivated leaders to contribute to the development of a thriving rural community through collaboration with a diverse collective of organizations. As part of the training each cohort completed a project to present to the community.

The Sisters Community Labyrinth was one such project and was presented on December 1, 2012. More than $12,000 was raised for the project including a matching grant of $5,000 from the Ford Family Foundation.

Other major contributors included Bank of the Cascades, Campbell Foundation, Green Ridge Physical Therapy & Wellness, High Desert Aggregate, Jan and Jack McGowan, Rays Food Place, Sisters Park and Recreation District, and the City of Sisters.

The Cohort 3 Class consisted of Sandy Alfonso, Annie Andreson, Cindy Barnes, LIsa Bergren-Fetrow, Wendy Birnbaum, Mary Pat Clasen, Jordyn Clymens, Beth Hanson, Beth Knowles, KIristin Kovalik, jan McGowan, Corrie Ortner, Candy Park, Jeremiah Perry-Weed, Helen Schmidling, Taylor Sickau, Leanne Smith, Sharon Thorkildson, Daniel Vitelle, Angie Ward, and Sharlene Weed.