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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 Inc., Cambridge www.bigfootprints.ca Copyright © FWIO 2013 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 underany circumstances, contactthe Editor. ISSN â€" 1715-216X Printed on recyclable paper by Webco Publications, London, 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 The FWIO switchboard is open Monday - Thursday 9am - 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 - 4pm. “51103733 ‘wVai‘n’aLQE‘l‘ ‘ ‘ CONTACT INFORMATION FWIO Provincial Office (see left) ROSE Program Manager Andrea Morrison Ph: 519â€"836â€"3078 roseprogram@fwio.on.ca Advocacy Coordinator Glenna Smith Ph: 519â€"824â€"0217 advocacycoordinator@fwio.on.ca Membership Coordinator Ellen Martin Ph: 613â€"433â€"3463 membershipcoordinator@fwio.on.ca Public Relations Coordinator Donna Henderson Ph: 519â€"418â€"7480 publicrelations@fwio.on.ca International Officer Cynthia Rabstein Ph: 519â€"843â€"2222 internationalofficer@fwio.on.ca Additional contact information is available with the Coordinator & Officer reports on page 12. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE DATES Please send stories and photos for consideration in the Home& Country ROSE Garden to the FWIO Provincial Office or andream@fwio.on.ca no later than the content deadline dates below. Winter 2014 â€" December 1, 2013 Spring/Summer 2014 â€" April 1,2014 “£351 *1 ON THE COVER Long Standing Tradition of Friendship Continues On July 31,2013, Lambton District WI, along with members from other Ontario Branches, hosted 22 members ofthe Michigan Association of Family & Community Education (MAFCE) for an International Exchange Day. This year’s exchange a which dates back to the 1930’s a saw members of MAFCE traveling to Ontario for a day organized by a committee ofthe Lambton District. The event began at Seaway Kiwanis Pavilion in Sarnia where coffee and treats were enjoyed while news and information were exchanged. Roll Call was the strangest thing you have ever used a corn broom for. Answers included chasing bats, a broom dance, cleaning out grain wagons, chasing the dog, using the straw fortoothpicks or to check ifthe cake was done. A luncheon cruise was enjoyed on the St. Clair River. For more on this story, visit www.fwio.on.ca. Qatgide. 4. 5. Back 2 Basics Resolution: Lifestyles Program 6. Branch Profile 8-77. 79. 78. 74-75. iOOth Anniversaries Down the Garden Path Tweedsmuir Report Upcoming AGM Details Q!“ ’ wfilfilfis‘“