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ABOUT THE WOMEN’S INSTITUTE As the 16,000 members of the Women's Institutes of Ontario prepareto taketheir organization into the second century of service. the opening of this ProvrnCIai Office marks another milestone in their continuing evolution. Founded in Stoney Creek in 1897, the W.l. is an educational organization based on the principles of sound nutrition, safe food, health and fitness, and the right of women to have access to up-to-date information on the issues that affect them and their families. In addition to their monthly educational programsuthe 800 local branches across Ontario work together for their own community development, while being members of the Federated Women's Institutes of Canada and the Assomated Country Women of the World. Throu h Resolutions assed at the local level and backed up by authoritative data, goncerns are pagsed onward to be debated at the District and Area tied/8t: on their way to ratification by the Provincial Board, where they are dire/c _e If those with the power to make changes:â€" a reasonable and wellâ€"informedO algae, you drink pasteurized milk, are guided by the road markings on h nescent highways, stop on a dark country road at Sight of the warningphOSp 09 our strips on passing railway freight cars, use a blue recycling box, Wish to m: oryany wishes clear in a Living VViII, can identify the ingredients in packaged oo ber they one of a number of things we take for granted, it would be Wise to remem started with W.l.! in what are known as d homes of their k and the Adelaide titutes are able to family life of Through their valuable resource material stored . _ Tweedsmuir Histories, and at the beautifully maintaine co-founders, the Erland Lee (Museum) Home at Stoney Cree Hunter Hoodless Homestead at St. George, the Women s Ins I provide a priceless insight into the progresswe settlement and eary Ontario. Always interested in education in all its forms. the W.l. supports a series 0f ' ' ' twith higher Scholarships. Each year monies are granted to 4-H membersto aSSIS _ learning, to post-graduate students in food and/or family studies. and t0 the” 0W” members seeking to upgrade their skills to reâ€"enter the work force. to women. eqUaI the job market. r food and are during the Today’s issues concern family violence, health problems 'SpelelC oPportunity for all people to be considered for posrtions in acknowledgment of the proficiency of those who produce ou dedicated to an environmental sustainable agriculture, and child care peak farming periods of seeding and harvest. F9” aImOSt a hundred years the WI. has had a mutually productive partnersttiiapr with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food which included, among 0 hi thing’s], Office space and services in Ministry buildings. In a changing partners p the i. will now co-ordinate its work from its new headquarters here. in GuelPh Township. L009 may it continue to influence the decision-makers. Long may it continue to make a difference in the lives of its members, their families and their communities. "For Home and Country" Peggy Knapp PROGRAM M.C ................ . ............ Margaret Munro Invocation ........................ Irene Richardson Solo ........................... Margaret Mclnroy GREETINGS Ontario Government Ministries Ted Arnott, M.P.P. . Keith Dickson, representing the Warden of Wellington County Les Foote Reeve of Guelph Township Dr. Mordechai Rozanski President of the University of Guelph Charlotte Johnson President - Women’s Institutes of Canada Peggy Knapp Associated Country Women of the World Area President for Canada Susan Peavoy President - Junior Women’s Institutes of Ontario Donna Russett President - Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario Passing of the Key ..... Reeve Foote, Maisie Lasby, Donna Russett Ribbon Cutting ............... Reeve Foote, Donna Russett Unveiling of Plaque ........... Reeve Foote, Marjory Durnford Solo ........................... Margaret Mclnroy Music in the Park ............ Valerie Lodge, Vanessa Lindsay Tour of Office