ยท A May 31 Page One article on Washington National Cathedral contained several errors. The $7 million that the cathedral invested in new programming over three years was part of a $15 million unrestricted bequest. The $7 million -- not the entire bequest -- ends in the upcoming fiscal year. The last name of cathedral governing board member Craig McKee was misspelled. A school field trip program has been used by 8,000 Washington area children and teachers during this fiscal year, not each year. The cathedral's Family Saturday program was used by 2,000 participants this year, not families. Also, cathedral officials did not state that the cathedral has plans to reach out to Washington's younger, new-money elite.
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National Cathedral In Fiscal Squeeze
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In the meantime, the recent cutbacks are rippling across the city. The cathedral suspended a field-trip program that brought 8,000 D.C. students there each year and halted its "Family Saturday" initiative, which offered tours and activities for about 2,000 families with young children each year.
Among those laid off from the 210-person workforce was the Rev. Christiana Olsen, who was in charge of building the local congregation.
Washington area gardeners are outraged over the closing of the greenhouse, which sells plants, pottery and other gardening items behind the cathedral. It is scheduled to shut down at the end of next month. More than 300 people have joined a new organization to keep the greenhouse open and have set up a Web site, http:/
The 58-year-old greenhouse is "congruent with the church's mission," said Sioban Farey, a Chevy Chase gardener and organizer of the effort. "It's almost like a lay ministry."
Felicia Graham, a 23-year resident of neighboring Woodley Park, said the greenhouse nursery "is just a wonderful community draw" and is wholly consistent with the cathedral's history of environmental stewardship.
But cathedral leaders say it has to go.
"It's no longer economically viable," said Margaret Bergan Davis, associate dean of the cathedral. "In the post-9/11 world, with the large divisions that we're trying to heal, does the cathedral belong running a greenhouse? We asked ourselves that question, and we thought it was a time for a change."
Staff writer Adrian Higgins contributed to this report.
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