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 2014 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 Ampersand Printing, Guelph, ON www.am persand .ca Publications Mail Agreement No. 40036824 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario 7382 Wellington Road 30 RR 5, Guelph ON N1H 6J2 Tel: 519-836-3078 Fax: 519-836-9456 Email: fwio@fwio.on.ca www.fwio.on.ca 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 ofï¬ce is open Wednesday and Thursday 9am â€" 4pm. The ofï¬ce is closed on Fridays. “51103733 "aVaim’oLx 'fJ'iII \IMI | Hill s ‘4 Vâ€"â€" «autism â€" CONTACT INFORMATION FWIO Provincial Office (see left) ON THE COVER The FWIO Provincial Board has decided to move the Provincial Ofï¬ce from Guelph to the Erland Lee (Museum) Home in Stoney Creek. Renovations are underway and the move will take place by the end of August 2014. The Provincial Ofï¬ce has been located at 7382 Wellington Road 30 in Guelph since 1994. The Erland Lee (Museum) Home is the former home ofthe coifounder ofthe Women’s Institute, Erland Lee and his wife Janet. FWIO purchased the Lee Home in 1972. ROSE Program Manager Andrea Morrison Ph: 519â€"836â€"3078 roseprogram@fwio.on.ca Tweedsmuir Coordinator Christine Reaburn Ph: 613â€"582â€"3569 tweedsmuircoordinator@fwio.on.ca Tweedsmuir Digitizing Coordinator/Canada 150 Chair Irene Robillard Ph: 613â€"432â€"6987 digitizing@fwio.on.ca irener@renfrew.net International Officer/ Restructuring Chair Margaret Christenson Ph: 705â€"779â€"3996 internationalofï¬cer@fwio.on.ca restructure@fwio.on.ca Additional contact information is available on pages 12 and 13. Q’hgia’e: 4. WI Rocks the World Rally NEWSLETTER 5' DEADLINE DATES Please send stories and photos for consideration in the Home& Country ROSE Garden to the FWIO Provincial Ofï¬ce or andream@fwio.on.ca no later than the content deadline dates Open Provincial Positions & Upcoming AGM 6. 8-77. 79. Branch Proï¬le Down the Garden Path Membership Message & be'OW‘ Advocacy Update Fall 2014 _August 1’ 2014 78. Meet the Members Winter 2015 75. All fora Good Cause â€" December 1, 2014 7% ~ my“ £124 "évti/{lflis’ï¬s‘ll