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NEWSLETTER DEADLINE DATE 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 date below. Please review the Editorial and Graphic Guidelines before making a submission. Fall 2016 - August 1, 2016 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 2016 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, contact the Editor. ISSN - 1715-216X Printed on recyclable paper by Ampersand Printing, Guelph, ON www.ampersand.ca Publications Mail Agreement No. 40036824 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario 552 Ridge Road Stoney Creek, ON L8J 2Y6 Tel: 905-662-2691 Fax: 905-930-8631 Email: fwio@fwio.on.ca www.fwio.on.ca FWIO President, Margaret Byl, is joined by eight FWIO Past Presidents at the very table where the WI Constitution was penned in 1897. The Past Presidents were in Stoney Creek to attend a "Think Tank" at the Provincial Board Meeting on April 27, 2016 at the Erland Lee (Museum) Home. Pictured, clockwise, from bottom left: Joy Trimble, Evelyn Peck, Donna Russett, Arthena Hecker, Christine Reaburn, Dianne Orr, Marg Harris, Margaret Byl and Elsie Stephenson. WHERE'S ADDIE? Adelaide Hoodless - "Addie" - is hidden somewhere inside this issue of the Home & Country ROSE Garden! Can you find her?? CONTACT INFORMATION FWIO Provincial Office (see left) Administrator of FWIO Kim Sauder: kim@fwio.on.ca Program & Communications Manager Andrea Morrison: andream@fwio.on.ca Museum Curator Alyssa Gomori: curator@fwio.on.ca Advocacy Coordinator Hania White Ph: 905-301-4958 hania.white@gmail.com Membership Coordinator Alana Robinson Ph: 705-689-6448 membershipcoordinator@fwio.on.ca Tweedsmuir Coordinator Christine Reaburn Ph: 613-582-3569 reaburn@nrtco.net Executive Officer to FWIC Evelyn Peck Ph: 613-968-9402 executiveofficertofwic@fwio.on.ca International Officer Margaret Christenson Ph: 705-779-3996 ron.christenson@vianet.ca Additional contact information is available on pages 12 and 13. FWIO OFFICE HOURS The Provincial Office is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. Erland Lee (Museum) Home Tours are available Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm to 4pm. Inside: 4. 119th Anniversary 5. Caregiver Support Training Workshops 6. Branch Profile: Windermere WI 8-10. Down the Garden Path 11. Museum Happenings/Meet the Members 12. Digitizing Update 13. Canada 150 Update/Let's Get Visible 14-15. All For a Good Cause 2