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The Home & Country ROSE Garden is published three times a year by the Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario. Editor Andrea Morrison andream@fwio.on.ca Proof Reader Ruth Kennedy Graphics Big Footprints lnc., Cambridge www.bigfootprints.ca Copyright © FWIO 2012 Copyrighted material, including graphics, may be reproduced as long as it remains in context, its source is recognized and it is not used for monetary gain. To reprint copyrighted material under any circumstances, contactthe Editor. ISSN â€" 1715-216X Printed on recyclable paper by Signal-Star Publishing, Goderich, ON. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40036824 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario 7382 Wellington Road 30 RR 5, Guelph ON NlH 6J2 Tel: 519-836-3078 Fax: 519-836-9456 Email: fwio@fwio.on.ca www.fwio.on.ca IMPORTANT CONTACT INFORMATION FWIO Provincial Office (see left) ROSE Program Coordinator Andrea Morrison roseprogram@fwio.on.ca 519â€"836â€"3078 For complete and updated contact lists for all Provincial Officers, please refer to the newsletter insert available from your Branch Secretaw. In the Spring/Summer 2012 issue...a story was published about a fantastic ROSE Session on Mental Health held by Bainsville WI. It turns out this was a Glengarry District event, with equal involvement from the Members of Picnic Grove WI. See what happens when Branches work together â€" amazing results! Congratulations to both Picnic Grove WI and Bainsville WI on an incredible ROSE Session! FWIO OFFICE HOURS The FWIO switchboard is open Monday â€" Thursday 9am â€" 4pm. lfyou call and get our answering machine, we are busy helping someone else. Please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. The office is open Wednesday and Thursday 9am â€" 4pm. The office is closed on Fridays. “51103733 ‘wVaaszQE‘ll ‘ ‘ NEWSLETTER DEADLINE DATES If you would like to be featured in an upcoming issue of the Home & Country ROSE Garden, please send stories and photos for consideration to the FWIO Provincial Office orandream@fwio.on.ca no later than the deadline dates below. WINTER 2013 â€"Nov. 1,2012 SPRING/SUMMER 2013 â€" March 1,2013 ON THE COVER Oxford District Walks for ACWW Standing outside the Oxford Auditorium at the Woodstock Fair Grounds are Oxford District WI Members who participated in ACWW’s Women Walk the World. The ladies also promoted ACWW in the market and at the "Moms to Moms Sale" on April 29th. A total of$i,385 was raised. Pictured in the front row: Ruth Skillings, Laura Green, Margaret Ogarand Anne Innes. Second row: Helmy Knoops, Marlene Matheson, Mary Lou Ross and Katherine Grieve. Back row: Anya Donaldson (with the donations), Nancy Muir and Linda Hammond. Learn more about other Wl’s who took part in this event on page 13. Q’hgza’e: 4. Meet the Members 6. Stoney Creek Charter WI 7. Headquarters Fundraising Update 8-70. Down the Garden Path 77. iOOth Anniversaries 7?. Advocacy Update 78. Women Walk the World 75. All for a Good Cause ‘ ’ wglflij’m‘“