The Alaska Huntress Calendar was started in 2007 by Shelly Szepanski as a tribute to her female hunting friends in Alaska. Shelly passed away in December of 2008, after a long battle with melanoma, but it was her hope that the calendar, designed to help promote women in hunting, would live on.
A portion of the proceeds from each calendar goes to the Shelly Szepanski Memorial Flight Scholarship; designed to help female pilots pursue flight training in advancement of their careers in natural resource management and/or remote Alaska services.
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