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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 2013 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 Webco Publications, London, 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 NlH 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. “51103733 ‘wVafih’aLQE" ‘ ‘ CONTACT INFORMATION FWIO Provincial Office (see left) ROSE Program Manager Andrea Morrison Ph: 519-836â€"3078 roseprogram@fwio.on.ca Executive Officer to FWIC Joy Trimble Ph: 519â€"942-2093 executiveofficertofwic@fwio.on.ca Membership Coordinator Ellen Martin Ph: 613-433-3463 membershipcoordinator@fwio.on.ca Public Relations Coordinator Donna Henderson Ph: 519â€"418â€"7480 publicrelations@fwio.on.ca Tweedsmuir Coordinator Irene Robillard Ph: 613-432â€"6987 tweedsmuircoordinator@fwio.on.ca Additional contact information is available with the Coordinator & Officer reports on page 12. NEWSLETTER DEADLINE DATES 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 dates below. Fall 2013 â€" August 1,2013 Winter 2014 â€" December 1, 2013 he??? ON THE COVER FWIO Celebrates the Lee Opening On Sunday, April 21, 2013, FWIO celebrated the grand reopening of he Erland Lee (Museum) Home in Stoney Creek with nearly 200 hundred attending, including descendants of he Lee family. Many thanks go out to all who worked tirelessly and also to MP Dean Allison, Hamilton Mayor Bob Bratina, and Councillor Brenda Johnson ortheir kind words and continued support. Evelyn Peck, FWIO President, ad the honour of cutting the ribbon. The’Lee’wilI be open Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 12pm? 4pm. Pictured (LPR): MP Dean Allison, :WIO Past President Elsie Stephenson, City Councillor Brenda Johnson and :WIO President Evelyn Peck take part in the ribbon cutting ceremony. Photo by He/en Young. Q/hgia’e: 8. From The County 4. Back 2 Basics 5. Erland Lee Award 6 Branch Profile Down the Garden Path 79. Advocacy Update 78. Meet the Members 75. All for a Good Cause ‘ ’ wglflij’m‘“