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“The Willows”, Where Adelaide Hood/e55 (inset) was born in 7857 and lived until she married in 1881. The homestead located near St. George, Ont, is maintained as a heritage home. Hoodless founded the Women’s institute, Victorian Order of Nurses, YWCA, and Council of Women These are awarded each year at national meetings. As well, each triennium, there is a national citizenship competition for the Senator Cairine Wilson award. Believe it or not, the WI has a laud- able war record. Participation in both World Wars included evetything from "buying Brenn guns and equipping air raid shelters, to sending seeds to Britain, and distributing cookbooks to war brides". Members also knitted The WI tree has strong branches socks, made quilts, and prepared parcels for shipment overseas. The future The WI has always met change and the future headâ€"on (see box). Its motto is ”For Home and Country”, and its aims include ”development of immu Co informed responsible citizens through the study of local, national, and international issues, encouragemel‘l1 0f good Family life skills, initiation of pl‘O‘ grams to achieve common goals, and leadership development". The challenges inherent in that statement are immense, especially in View of rapid change in the fields of technology and communications, as well as shrinking farm populations and declining membership numbers. But members are committed to facing the future “with courage and faith”. And so the WI will continue to struggle with social, political, and ecoâ€" nomic change, and focus on addressing such concerns as safety, health, rural revitalization, education, values and family lifestyles. We wish them welll Want to order the centennial calendar ($10} or get more details about the upcoming celebraâ€" tion7 Contact Mary lanes, Public Relations, Fed- erated Women’s Institutes of Ontario, 6868 Egrernont Road, RR. 8, Watforcl, Ont, NOM 250 (phone 519-78655] i) Ontario: Established, 1897; developed programs focussing On child welfare, rural education, and community work. Organized travelling libraries and schools on wheels to take eduâ€" cation to isolated areas in northern Ontario; installation of drinking fountains, sanitary basins, and toilet equipment in rural schools; and, by 1913, adoption by the provincial government of a system of medical and den» tal inspection 01‘ all school children, Manitoba: Established, 1910; one of the first chal- lenges was maternal mortality. A lasting monUment to the WI was established in 1930 at the International Peace Garden, on the Manitoba/North Dakota border "Peace does not eXist of its own accord, but through a conSCious effort to develop and maintain understanding and tolerance " Saskatchewan: From 1911 to 1972, the group was known as the Homemakers Clubs of Saskatche- wan. Focussed on teaching homemaking skills and sponsoring mUSlC and drama fese tivals, libraries, and community halls. Worked to get the prOVinCial government to undertake road improvements and rural health and education services, and to CouNYRv GUIDE Mav1997 change laws that adversely affected women, Alberta: Established, 1909; managed to get mediâ€" cal services to isolated parts of the province, and with the Canadian Cancer Society, provided the first free radium treatment in Alberta. Started under the auspices of the provmce, chose indepen~ dence, and has been self-sufficient ior most of its history. British Columbia: Established, 1909; when fruit farming was in crisis, started raising certified flower seed as economic contribution. Branched out into bulb growing and canning salmon. Slo~ gan "Buy in B C. First" set a trend others would follow much later, Yukon Northwest Territories: In 1962, organizing work started, and by 1966, there were 15 branches. Established adult education program for women and encouraged youth partiCipation in 4-H pro- grams, Nova Scotia: Established, 1913; has promoted nutrition, documentation of piovrncial history and heritage, Since 1966, has been "on the air“ with CKEC Radio in New Glasgow The News Views of the Women ’s Institutes radio show covers programs, projects, activities, and events of interest. New Brunswick: Established, 1911; focused mainly on proâ€" moting provincial products and developing cottage industries (weaving, spinning, rug- making, embroidery). Operates the Women‘s institute Home for Senior Women, established in 1953 in Woodstock, N.B. Prince Edward island: Established, 1911, instrumental in deliverw ing programs to isolated areas via an exten. sion van, and in bringing about legislation concerning school age and premarital health certificates. In 1930, helped estab- lish a provtncial sanitarium. Quebec: Established, 1911', worked on nursery schools and rural high school curriculumg as well as pushing through reforms in the Protestant Women's Jail Newfoundland (St Labrador: Established, 1935; known as Jubilee Guilds of Newfoundland and Labrador, iomed ted. erated WI in 1951. Stressed education self help, and use of local resources , i 43