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tor the 75th Anniversary of the First Women's iti‘siiiuif), Branches in Ontario raised $50,000.00 tor expansion oi lacilities at the University of Guelph in Home [Economics related programmes? it we: quvL-nder. Mrs. Adelaide Hoodiess, Witt) persuaded Sir William Mncdonald to donate Iunds to start Macdonald Institute over 75 years ago? the Women's Institute, on the recommendation of Lady Tweedsmuir, started its research and. estab- lished Tweedsmuir Histories oi Community lite, past and present? the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario has contributed through Resolutions to the legislation that led to bread being wrapped tor sanitary rea- sons- musical instruction and medical inspection lic schools; the first County Public Health ed by a W. l.; libraries, clinics, etc. being set up; red-striped bacon wrappers befllg banned; many more Resolutlons have been sus- tained including immigration law changes, pollu- tion, disposal or waste materials, obsceruty and proiane language, TV violence, changes In Cana- da Pension Plan tor women, etc.? in pub _ Nurse being I” omen's Institutes of Ontario do- $17,000 tor the Winnipeg Flood neliet Fund; lurnished a recreation room at Camp $9,000 to advance the founding n; donated . - Etoilgimen's Institutes in the Northwest Territories; and contributed over $40,000, clothing, bedding and foods at the time at Hurricane Hazel in Onta- rlo? the Federated W nated more than ._, ,-.eâ€" P, 7’ v . the Federated Women’s Institutes oi Ontario sent $9,000 to Greece tor a tractor, implements and flour tor bread; supplied 6 villages in Ceylon with kitchen appliances and sewing machines; gave a million pounds at powdered milk tor Ter Milk Ship Fund tor under privileged countries in Eu- rope; raised ST,000 to purchase hand looms and sewing machines for Korea? in the First World War the Women’s Institutes pro- vided tor hospital ship, tieId kitchens, ambulances etc., to the value of over 4 million dollars? . in the Second World War, 1% million knitted and sewn items, tons of jam and $10,000 worth of garden seeds were sent to Britain? in recent years the Women’s Institutes of Ontario have sent thousands of dollars to “Save Sight"; have provided thousands more for “Pennies for Friendship”; and, through Unesco Coupons, have supported many more projects to educate women and help in their sell-development? the “Women's Institute Story”, published in 1972, will give you additional information on many more facts at our Iirst 75 years? locally, provincially, nationally and international- ly, the Women's Institute has been a powertul in- fluence, giving women a voice, an opportunity to become better informed as they have sought needed changes and provided educational direc- tion, thus fulfilling the needs of the day? you can ioin the Women‘s Institute, become in- volved, present your ideas, and reap the benefits relevant to today's women?