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PRINCE EDWARD DISTRICT WOMEN'S INSTITUTE We Believe In: 0 working with for rural urban women their families 0 educating in health safety, food commerce 0 empowering women through personal growth 0 advocating for social economic change 0 supporting help for women abroad 0 offering fellowship fun Women's Institute members have been responsible for encouraging governments to implement: o Mandatory stopping for school buses with flashing lights 0 Signs at railway crossings 0 Painting of white lines on provincial highways 0 Living wills 0 Use of easily understood labels on food products 0 Enforcement of the proper use of slow moving vehicle signs 0 Inclusion of labels of genetically modified foods 0 Rural blue boxes and elimination of plastic bags 0 Use of fire retardant material for children's clothing 0 The wrapping of bread 0 Tree planting 0 Recycling 0 Installation of reflective tape on the sides and rear of farm vehicles accessing Ontario roads after dark OUR COMMUNITY ACTIONS We Originated, Organize Run: 0 the Arts Craft Sale (since 1984) We Coordinate: a public Rural Ontario Sharing Education (ROSE) programs on topics such as women's safety, mental health, preserving food We Donate To: 0 accessible transportation in The County ($100,000 over 5 years continuing) 0 our 3 area hospitals, schools, libraries, museums o the Wellington Area community Centre 0 the Hastings Prince Edward Learning Foundation's Science Fair 0 PEFAC's Learn to Swim Program 0 Recreation Outreach Centre (ROC) o Reaching for Rainbows We Award A Scholarship For: 0 postsecondary education We Support: 0 the International Women's Day program in The County 0 Canada Comforts, helping women orphans abroad