Home & Country Newsletters (Stoney Creek, ON), October, November, December 1987, p. 17

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i i. i . . “and..an - a, i ; . I hire. England-Burford-Fulbrook Wl. he women have found this relation- _ - hip educational as well as interesting. ' At the moment, a study is being nducted on the declining enrollment 1' students at Burford District High hoot. The branch is supporting the ‘I a ome and School Association in its al of finding a solution to the t “I blem. . OMEN FOR THE SURVIVAL AGRICULTURE The WSA recently sponsored the owing of two films in Winchester 1 ich the group highly recommends 2 m other groups. The films are Prairie men and With These Hands. Each a strong film which stands on its . but showing them together pro- » es some interesting insights and ' nu parisons, the WSA newsletter ests. The struggles and issues of adian farm women in the early ’5 described in Prairie Women are oed in With These Hands, which icts the lives of three African farm i en in the 1980’s. Prairie Women I. Haitian Women’s Institute members welcomed 35 English visitors to Hit/Inn ill the Ontario .-I.L'rt't'tt/Ittrtit \Iint'ttiii in ‘ Milton, in September: It was a welcomed midway break on their Ontario tum-fur tht' fright/t gmnn it um (/10 tint ‘ stop giving them a chance to stay with Canadian families in their IIGIIII’S, rather than u Initui. .1! [hr Illiht‘ltlfl. Hit/tun ' WI celebrated the 901k anniversary of W] with a reception, banquet and shun- ot‘firxliitnrx thrnngh Iht' ,nnu Wit-nix 1 What is happening. . . is available through the National Film Board and With These Hands is available through Oxt‘am-(‘nnatln Action for Africa. see page 10. THORNTON WOMEN‘S INSTITUTE Members of Thornton WI were treated to a skit by the Thornton 4-H Club at a meeting last spring. The skit. called The Dating Zone. demonstrated what the members had learned during the Etiquette tor the Eighties 4-H project. NORFOLK WOMEN‘S INSTITUTES FWIO Board Director Myrtle Stone and Rural Organization Specialist Bev Brown Elfving were the leaders of a program co-ordinator's workshop in June. Participants got a “hands-on” approach to program planning by learning how to gather ideas for programs, how to handle a guest speaker and why there is value in community networking. Attendees were asked to bring various resources H St. C October. November. December 1987 lo IIIC \\’tIl'L\Ilt)[‘I. :is \\t'IILI~lI1L‘tt’m\n lunch! HALIHMANI) JUNIOR WOMEN'S lNSTlTl’Tl-I I'IilIlIIl‘liilliLI .IWI u‘t‘luiinutl ail IL‘tlHI two new IIIL‘IIIIIL‘I'N :il'tci issuing :i ]1!t'\rclcnst: about their mowing» lot IIIL' upcoming ycur. I’IL‘TL"'\ ii low ol the topics: {III update t'roin the incdiuil officer of health on AIDS. n \Ist'l to a chiropractor. 21 tom \‘II the ('rnugu Courthouse. and u Osteoporosis. speaker on GARNET WOMEN'S INS'I'ITIITI: At a meeting to LIIHUHHH uiirltl attain, members ol' (iarnei WI I'L'\.IL‘\\CLI lIlL‘ beginnings ol' UNIL'lii' (IIILI its L'Lll’rL‘ltt work VIfl the United Nations. As well. information on Associated Country Women of lhc World (At'WW) was presented and the roll cull “its airmen-Ll by naming a country where thch urt- branches of ACWW. At another meeting, int-nihch went on an imaginary tour of Ontario WI twin, Prince Edward lxluntl. I7

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