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REGIONAL PROFILE: SOUTHERN It’s all in the family at Napier WI By Debbie Pierce Currently, the Napier Women‘s Institute consists of seventeen members. We own and maintain our own Hall. formerly a one-room school house. As well. it is a meeting place for other non-profit groups. such as Neighbourhood Watch and the Kerwood Baseball Association Over the years. we have been flexible in our meeting times. When afternoon meeting times were not good for mothers with children, we changed to mornings. As their children grew older we held evening meetings. which was also good for moms who worked away from home. We have even tried a mix of afternoon and evening meetings when necessary. Each December we hold a potluck Christmas supper and party for members and their families, complete with a visit from Santa. We also hold a “Family Day" in March. Some of the family events we have organized include atrip to a sugar bush, swimming at an Aquatic Center in London and bowling. We invite people in the community tojoin us for both our December and March gatherings. The Napier Branch is involved in a number of projects throughout the year. Each fall for the last four years. our Branch has run a food booth for the Investment Centre‘s Family Day. As well as beetlon- a-bun, everyone enjoys the homemade pies. cakes and desserts contributed by Napier members. Our euchre parties begin in September. In the past we have held two card parties each month from September through April. Due to competition from other groups, however. we thought we'd try some» thing different this year and have one large party in the fall and one in the spring. Forthe past three years the Napier W] has sponsored a family dance at the Legion Hall in Strathroy in November. The hall is donated to us by Marilyn Buttery of the Investment Centre. We lost money the Napier Branch members prepare for the lnveslmenl Centre Food Booth. PIctured from left to right are Debbie Smith. Debbie Pierce. Karen and Candrce Cox. Hester Hay. Don's Meier and Flurh Berks. first two years, but decided to hold it last year as a community service because those who did attend had such a great time. To our surprise. the crowd increased and we made a profit. The money was donated to The Women's Rural Resource Centre in Stralhmy. a sheltcr for abused women and their families. Five years ago we held a pork harbccuc at our llall. It proved to he a huge undertaking for a group of our size so we invrted the Napier Masons to work with us. For the last three years \vc have worked in conjunction with the Masons to host abecfbnrhecntâ€" And thc crowds keep coming! The Napier Branch supports a number of causcs: L‘ush donalions to the FWIO Headquarters Fund: cash and article donations to thc Children's Hospital in London; door prircs arc prmidctl lor the Metcalte Township Sports Day and Picnic c‘ ch August: pn It: moncy l’orLlAH exhibitors at the Strathroy Fall Fair; cash and article donations for the Women's Rural Resource Centre in Strathruy; and. cash donations to thc Kerwood Bascball Association and the Htrathroy Hospital. Members also give freely ofthcrr time to help several local groups. Debbie Pirrc‘lr r.\ Iln' Pulzlrr‘ Rt'ltilltlllj U/fin'r. Nrr/wr WI. MAM/mm West. Program... continued from page B Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) The Ontario Breast Screening Program has twenty-eight screening sites in operation to screen approximately l00,000 women during 19974998. These sites are located in Belleville. Bracebr‘idge. Cambridge. Cbatham. Guelph. Hamilton. Kingston. Listowel, London. Ottawa. Owen Sound, Pembroke. Peterborough. Renfrew. Samia. Sault Ste. Marie. Sturgeon Falls. Sud- bury. Timmins. Metropolitan Toronto (6 sites). Trenton and Windsor. A mobile van serves Northwestern Ontario. The OBSP provides mammography. clini- cal breusl examinations. instruction in breast self-examinalinn and reCall to screening in two years. Women can self-refer or be re- ferred by their physician. The OBSP has compared itself against published breast screening standards and meets or surpasscs these standards. All sites must obtain the Canadian Association of Radiologists Mam- mography Accreditation within one year of affiliating with the OBSP. The OBSP is pleased to be partnered with the FWIO in the recruitment of women for breast screening. In order to bc cligiblc, women must be Ontario residents aged 50 and over. who do not have symptoms oi breast disease and have not had breast cancer. You can assist in a number of ways: - suggesting to your relatives and friends that they go to an OBSP centre for screen» mg; - ensnring the availability of OBSP materi- als in various locations throughout your community: and. - making presentations to women's groups Contact: Ifrmn lll't‘ irrrt'rr'm'il in Milton: purl lll Iltr'a’v lll'lll'lllt'.\, ,r/rurrrr inryuf tlrr' HHS!" r‘t’tlll‘r's‘ In firtr/ urrI Irmt‘ Ir; gr'f irrwI/t'u/ T/It’ OHS.” Inll [rt-c rmrrrltr‘r is lhlfllnnhfi 9504. This rrlrrrrhr'r r'rm trim llt‘ mm! In rrmkc mt {lflf‘llllllllrlt'llL The Program and the Safe and llcalthy Communities Committees. along with tlic FWlO Executive and Board of Directors, are enthusiastic that these programs Will he a success in Ontario, As your nicrnbcrship forms partnerships with other community groups to produce thcsc educational workA shops and program materials. the prolilc ol' the Women's institute can only be enhanced. Furflrrlht'r rlr’mils on (my :1] I/rr‘ ulmvr'. ['fl'lr‘H‘ Cnlttut'l Mary Lou Nrn'lmr. FWIl) I’rrryrrrln Cartrrlirmlur. :1! RR 2. Hlurmtfléltl UN KUK [00, Phone: (6/3).393-2()52, Ir'ux: (6/3)}9373378. Home & Country. Fall '97 9