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.By Arthena Hecker Caring 8. Sharing Isn’t that exciting news on the front page of our newsletter? What an opportunity for the Women’s Institutes in Ontario. Get set to hear about this wonderful opâ€" portunity for Women’s Institutes to bring messages on health issues to our commu- nities. This is what we are about - Personal Growth and Community Action. We will learn and pass information on to our moth- ers, sisters, daughters, granddaughters and anyone interested in learning. A great deal of work has yet to be done before we launch this project. Your Provinâ€" cial Advisory Councillor will be kept informed about how this major undertak- Hsalthy Outlook continued from page 1 women of action and imagination who have built an organization that any woman would enjoy joining. .Whal Are the First Steps In the next few months FWIO will be hiring a coordinator and beginning a provinceâ€"wide communications pro- gram. This will include leadership training sessions to help every Branch that is interested hold one or more health education workshops. Many Branches have already held pro- grams with some ofour existing partners. or have plans to do so in the near future. Not every Branch needs help to put on high quality educational programming Keep up the good work.r But for those Branches who want assistance, help is on the way. Look for more information in the Fall 1999 Home & Country newsletter. Jane Cooper is a Provincial Advisory Councillor for Subdivision 2 and Chair of the Project and ngram Preparation Committee. The Health Partnership Proposal was developed as a project of the Safe and Healthy Communities Committee with ideas and help from members across the province. ing will be implemented throughout the province, and you will be kept informed through the Home & Country. I hope you are as excited and pleased about this project as the Board ofDirectors. I see it as a means to help revitalize our organization. When the general public knows that the Women‘s Institute is in- volved in current health issues, they will want tojoin us and help. Opportunities for strengthening our families. our communi- ties and our organization are ours for the taking. Let‘s do it! Hnnnnxnnx FWIO has partnered with PHONEBUS- TERS, an arm of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP). Many, many people are scammed out of millions of dollars every years These thieves come into your home through your telephone line. They not only steal your money, but your dignity and your health. Stop Phone Fraud! Just Hung Up! "Canadian Consumers lose approxi- mately 80 million dollars a year to fraudulent telemarketers. " Source: PHONEBUSTERS allowing a Board decision in November, th'eFWIO is piloting a new educational program in the Eastâ€" ern WI Region in partnership with PHONEBUSTERS. Established in 1993, PHONEBUSâ€" TERS is dedicated to educating the Canadian public about the dangers of telemarketingrespecially Seniors who represent about 60 percent of the vic- ‘tims. PHONEBUSTERS have- partnered with FWIO because the Women‘s Instituteslhave a solid repu- tation for reaching seniors and other members of their communities. From mid-May to mid-June repre- sentatives of PHONEBUSTERS will be hosted at District Women’s Insti» FWIO Education Coordinator Mary Lou Norton and some of her committees are working with PHONEBUSTERS to bring this information to your community. The provincial launch of this project took place on May 18 in Eastern Ontario. It will move to Southwestern Ontario in the Fall; South~ em and Northern Ontario will follow. As PHONEBUSTERS moves through4 out the province. take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about this crime. Learn how to stop it from happening to yourselfand those we know and love. Edu- cating ourselves is our only defense. Exciting things are happening in FWIO. We can expand our horizons and help our communities if we get involved. Let's do it! Arthena Hacker is the Presrdent of the Federated Women‘s Institutes of Ontario. She can be reached at RR 7, Richards Landing ON POR 1‘10. Phone (705)246-2377, Fax (70924671236, email Arthenia@sympatico.ca Remand", IF YOU HAVE won A szr IT oars nor COST A DIME PHONEEUSTEEâ€"l' '- W tute meetings across the Eastern Reâ€" gion. They will explain how many people are deceived by con artists on the phone and lose large amounts of money. PHONEBUSTERS is encour- aging Branches to work in cooperation with local officials. including the poâ€" lice, bankers and health workers, to increase public awareness about this growing problem. Follow-up work- shops may be held in areas where there is sufficient interest. This interesting educational proâ€" gram will be introduced in the other regions of Ontario over the next two years so that all Branches will have the opportunity to participate. Get in- volved. Help stop phone fraud. so Wl members and others in your commu- nity do not become victims. ' Watch for more information in the Fall Home & Country. Home 8. Country, Summer 1999 3