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ROSE/% géflw floggzmm. More than 50 women and men turned out for the Dairy Farmers Association's Bone China Tea hosted by the Hillier Women's institute The event was part at the Osteoporosis Society oi Canada's campaign to broaden awareness ol this debilitating disease “When we talk about osteoporosis." said Public Health Nurse Marie Clarke oi the Hastings-Prince Edward Health Unit. "we often think of the little old lady tailing and breaking a bone, in tact. we know now that many of those falls are a result of the bone breaking just from normal use. which then causes the tall " One of the more astonishing points Clarke made to the workshop group is Home ~r Claw/127761 Bone China Tea Sena: Up Information in Fun Fashion that we need to work on bone strength when we are young. noting that we begin to lose bone mass in our early thirties WI members and guests participated in an informative and lively workshop and discussion about osteoporosis â€" the causes. the treatment and preventative measures Wl member Peggy Burris offered herown maxim to encourage the audience to become more active, suggesting that “instead of your plate. reach for your mate'" Burris read the crowd well. as seemingly one of the worlshop groups reported “more sex" as one 01 the things they should be doing to be more active Reprintzd in part {mm an article by Rule Comm; in a February trillion of The Wellington Tunes Photo zounesy r7] Rid! Conroy 5M,» 5 y slum £4 2004' Associated Country Women of the World hear about ROSE program, DART team By PRO Dlnl Terpstm The annual Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) meeting was held April 29 at the Hillier Town Hall at 1:30 pm. Members and guests were present from Hastings and Prince Edward County. who were the hosts. Rose program coordinator Brenda De Castrc chaired the meeting (ROSE stands for Rural Ontario Sharing Education). Our first guest speaker introduced by past district president Pulela Littlefir was our past Provincial president Christine Rae- hum. She gave those present an enlightenâ€" ing view of the ACWW world organization which is the largest international umbrella of rural women. with a membership of mil- lions in over 70 countries. and is part of the United Nations. Our second guest speaker was Captain Susan See who is a member of our Canadi- an DART team. She gave an excellent thought provoking and touching report on her involvement in Sr Lnnka after the Tsunami hit. She shed light on the time frame with a national explanation in answers to ques- tions. and tasks performed in Sr Lanlrn. The DART team's main focus was water purif- cationr Canada has the highest technologi- cal equipment to perform this life saving task. Her presentation included a very infor- mative slide show. A token of thanks was presented to both speakers, Captain Susan was given the new book “Fighting for Home and Country“. Women remember World War ll. written by W]. members across Ontario in time for the 60th anniversary of the liberation. This book is a treasure of memories about ordi» nary women and their daughters doing extraordinary things as they fought for Home and Country. The book can be purchased by the pub- lic from the Federated Women‘s institute of Ontario. (EWJD) 7382 Wellington Road 30. R.R.5 Guelph. Ontario NlH 612 phone “94364078. We concluded the afternoon with a lunch and social time, Also the district is looking for missing old minute books. Any retired members or disbanded branches who could supply some informa- tion. please contact Dini Terpstra at 476- SIZS. (5.01171! 0£~/7-£'I