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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 2017 - June 1, 2017 The Home & Country ROSE Garden is published twice a year (Spring and Fall) 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 2017 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 It was a wonderful afternoon at the Erland Lee (Museum) Home on February 19, 2017 celebrating the 120th Anniversary of the Women's Institute. Thank you to everyone who joined us in Stoney Creek, many who drove long distances. We were so happy to have you with us! To all WI Members who could not be with us in person, we hope you had a wonderful WI Day! For more on this celebration, see page 4. Pictured above: Linda Hoy, President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada (FWIC) and Margaret Byl, President of the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) in the Carriage House at the Erland Lee (Museum) Home on February 19, 2017. 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 Digitizing Coordinator Irene Robillard Ph: 613-432-6987 irener@renfrew.net Executive Officer to FWIC Evelyn Peck Ph: 613-968-9402 executiveofficertofwic@fwio.on.ca International Officer Elsie Stephenson Ph: 705-866-2435 ertoivo@persona.ca Membership Coordinator Debbie Bauer Ph: 519-529-7820 wdbauer@hurontel.on.ca Public Relations Officer Mary Shortt Ph: 613-475-4045 publicrelations@fwio.on.ca Tweedsmuir Coordinator Eleanor Williams Ph: 519-229-8200 willy@quadro.net FWIO OFFICE HOURS The Provincial Office is open Monday to Friday from 10am to 4pm. Erland Lee (Museum) Home Tours are available Thursday to Sunday from 10:30am to 4pm. Inside: 4. WI Celebrates 120 Years 5. Museum Happenings 6. FWIO Travel/Conference Info 7. In Memory of Charlotte Johnson 8. Branch Profile 9. Members Meet the Calendar Girls 10-12. Down the Garden Path 13. WI120 & Canada 150 Update 14-15. Let's Get Visible 16. Scholarships & Awards 17. All For a Good Cause 18-19. Books, Blankets & Bears 2