Wiccans Raise Money for Hospital, Raise Consciousness about Paganism

May 2, 2001

Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

On May 2, 2001, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported on "the Psychic-Pagan Fair in Monaca [Pennsylvania]...where about a dozen vendors sold all manner of New Age spiritual supplies...Wiccans...came to the fair to raise money for Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh...Rose St. John, coordinator of the event and a [W]iccan...says that many who practice [W]icca or are pagans...are shunned by people who fear them...That's why she and a fellow [W]iccan formed P.U.R.E -- Pagans United for Religious Education."