The LWML Washington-Alaska District logo shows a cross on a
mountain highlighted against the sky, surrounded below by the
state flowers representing the four states that have LWML
societies in the District.
The flowers, from the left, are the
Alaskan Alpine Forget-Me-Not in blue, the white Syringa from
Idaho, the yellow Oregon Grape, and the Washington Coast
Rhododendron in pink. While Washington and Alaska have
the most societies in our district, we also have two societies
along the northeast border of Oregon and a number of societies
in Idaho across the state border from Spokane.
The logo was designed and drawn by Sue
Stoltz of Our Redeemer, Chugiak, Alaska with additional suggestions
from Carmen Nagel. Buttons with the new logo were first used at the national LWML Convention in 2001,
in San Jose, California to identify the members of the LWML Washington-Alaska District.
The logo has been embroidered on
shirts that can be purchased through the District Board.
In order to protect the integrity of this
logo, it may not be reproduced on products that can be sold or
given away without permission from the LWML Washington-Alaska District Executive Committee. It may be copied from this website to be used
on paper documents to publicize the LWML Washington-Alaska
district, for district, zone and for society events. |
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Alaska
- Alaska's state flower is the Alpine Forget-Me-Not. It was
chosen in 1949. The Alpine Forget-Me-Not is a perennial that
grows 5 to 12 inches high in alpine meadows. The flowers have
five connected salviform petals, colored sky blue, that are a
quarter to a third of an inch wide.
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Oregon
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The Oregon State flower is the Oregon Grape. A low growing
plant, the Oregon Grape is native to much of the Pacific Coast
and found sparsely east of the Cascades. Its year-round foliage
of pinnated, waxy green leaves resembles holly. The plant bears
dainty yellow flowers in early summer and a dark blue berry that
ripens late in the fall. The fruit can be used in cooking |