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Welcome Back! It is the start of a new season in Women‘s Institute acrossthis province. I hope you and your families had an joyable and relaxing time during e summer of 2007. As we continue to celebrate our 110th, I hope each of you recognize the contribution you have made to our communities and country. I regret that I was not able to attend all of the celebrations but I am confident that you had a wonderful time. Now that Fall is upon us, we are ready, willing and able to start our year in WI work! Whatgoals have you set? As a Member, a Branch, District or Area, what would you like to see introduced into your meetings and special events? There are many new and exciting programs and partnerships that our ROSE Program has to offer. Please make use of the information and partners that our ROSE Program Manager, Patty Pizziola, has secured to make ourwork easy and interesting. Recently, I was given two copies of a rnagazine called "Canadian Ladies ‘fizme Journal” that contained articles "Canadian Women’s Institutes.” One was the December 1913 issue and the other, July 1917. Mr. George A. l ‘ _ cam “tum-Ev Putnam, Director for Ontario at the Parliament Buildings, was the author ofthe reports. I found it interesting to read about the Area Conventions and different Branch reports. Some ofthe topics included "How to teach our children economy”, “ Home Discipline”, and in the Rainy River District â€" "discussion on the need for rational and plain spoken teaching on sex matters”. Some other points of interest: â€" Beamsville, 1913 â€" interest will centre around 3 WI Member gaining a seat on the Board of Education. â€"Richard’s Landing WI, 1913 â€"A kitchen in the park was built the previous summer for $125. The kitchen is furnished with the necessary conveniences and seats and tables provided for excursionists. â€" The building of sidewalks in Trout Creek has been helped to the amount of $75.00 â€" Picton WI, 1916 - raised over $2,000 to be contributed to the Red Cross for our Troops â€" sound familiar? â€" Newboro WI, 1916 - purchased 32 books, which is the beginning of the WI library in that town. - Stirling WI of North Hastings made and sold two autographed quilts and raised the "handsome sum of $151.25” - again to aid the war effort. These informative articles were available to the public in early years, but, as time went by, a lot of Wl’s accomplishments never received much needed and much deserved media coverage. Public relations is vital for the growth and continuation of our organization. Please keep this in mind as you get backto your regular meetings and programs. It’s up to us to make our organization as vibrant and exciting as the stories reflect above. Don’t rest on our laurels and think the next person is going to do something. Itistimeto makeourFWIO a happening place. For Home and Country, Rosemary Moran % you an active Member, the kind that would be missed, @ r are you just contented your name is on the list? Q0 you attend the meeting and mingle with the flock, @ do you stay at home and criticize and knock? Q0 you take an active part to help the work along, fl) r are you satisfied to be the kind thatjust belong? go you ever go to visit a Member who is sick, 0 r leave the work to just a few and talk about the clique? @on't bejust a Member, but take an active part, Q :ome to every meeting and help with hand and heart. fink this over, Member, you know right from wrong, fire you an active Member, or do you just belong? Submitted by Helen McFadjean to Home 84 Country, the official magazine of the New Zea/and Federation of Women’s Institutes.