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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 2012 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, contactthe Editor. ISSN â€" 1715-216X Printed on recyclable paper by Signal-Star Publishing, Goderich, ON. Publications Mail Agreement No. 40036824 Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario 7382 Wellington Road 30 RR 5, Guelph ON NIH 6J2 Tel: 519-836-3078 Fax: 519-836-9456 Email: fwio@fwio.on.ca www.fwio.on.ca FWIO OFFICE HOURS The FWIO switchboard is open Monday â€" Thursday 9am â€" 4pm. lfyou call and get our answering machine, we are busy helping someone else. Please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible. The office is open Wednesday and Thursday 9am â€" 4pm. The office is closed on Fridays. “5116733 "aVai‘NfiLQE" ‘ Important Contact Information FWIO Provincial Office 7382 Wellington Road 30, RRS Guelph, ON N1H 6J2 Telephone: 519â€"836â€"3078 Fax: 519â€"836â€"9456 Email: fwio@fwio.on.ca Website: www.fwio.on.ca ROSE Program Coordinator Andrea Morrison Email: roseprogram@fwio.on.ca (same mailing address and phone number as above) Please see an important notice regarding the FWIO Provincial Conference on page 11. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE DATES If you would like to be featured in an upcoming issue of the Home & Country ROSE Garden, please send stories and photos for consideration to the FWIO Provincial Office or andream@fwio.on.ca no later than the content deadline dates below. FALL 2012 - July 1, 2012 WINTER 2013 â€" November 1,2012 ii; ON THE COVER Happy 115th Anniversary! On February 22, 201 2, Members of Elgin District WI (London Area) gathered at the Dunwich Hall in Wallacetown for the annual Winter Picnic honouring the founding ofWomen’s Institute. Wallacetown WI and Shedden WI hosted this ROSE Session with a Heart Health theme. The Women’s Institute was founded on February 19, 1897 in Stoney Creek, Ontario. Commemorating the 1 15th Anniversary are (LeR) Mrs. E. D. Smith, President of the first Women’s Institute Branch (Joan Jackaman); Mrs. Janet Lee, wife of Erland Lee, spokesperson of the Farmer’s Institute and coefounder ofthe organization (Joanne Erickson); and Adelaide Hoodless, the inspiration forWomen’s Institute (Joan Mansell). Sitting at the table is Mr. Erland Lee, portrayed by Elgin County Museum curator Mike Baker. Qaterde: 8. From Rainbow Country 4. 115th Anniversary Celebrations 5. Back 2 Basics Update 6. Branch Profile Down the Garden Path 77. Open Provincial Positions International Connections All for a Good Cause "m1" ’ walvfijm‘“ \*