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P T» The Binbrook branch is an example of a resurgence in interest and advocaâ€" 1 dotes by Peggy Knapp, the Women‘s Inâ€" cy. With 35 members, ranging in age ‘ stitute‘s ACWW representative and a R from their late twenties to their early member of a WI branch in Guelph. _ Es mcucumk R thirties, the branch has a regular atâ€" 4 In one village in Uganda, AIDS had f s â€". PBAE i x gpoprmmmmemmmommy tendance of 25 at its monthly meetings. so devastated the population that only 3 se c *hE J ~tge Peaks ns Much of its energy is devoted to a few women and children were left . MIN \ fyaa i C B euf \‘gk & < it Asget fighting pornography and increasing alive. The goat herd, the only available [ Em : Fo :: .â€" § 31 i H T At i conbti . ie * J awareness about what it views as tooâ€" source of food, had become inbred and T _ s iooaal / J o o s 6fi explicit sex education in schools. was producing little milk. m â€" »am * ~>* e @2 «. o EL P ;.\-4‘ # Concerns expressed last fall by sevâ€" What was needed were healthy goats . @@tG 1%@3@{ es ty o9 «,SA;, c,";\ is hom. .. % .| eral groups, including the Binbrook in their prime to improve the stock. L.‘ himsy‘. 'fii‘\\i e CA E}é} Cw fifi, }’-%b w<6 9 "Twh, _ t{ranc_}l, about a 20â€"minute sexâ€"educaâ€" Once the story was relayed to [WY | (Mw M ME ‘% j :»,‘h S ue 1\" J j 7 'Q’%fi% s tion video for ages nine to 12 led to the branches through the ACWW, memâ€" â€" |(@Â¥ 4| B «fi oi S :-ufl;__ ,\\ +> EPPA 4 i ol \ i inclusion of videos in the Wentworth bers in every province buckled down ces ccelti & 5 ‘Qv%(”fi, Pile N | D senenciitet s !{*( : County school board‘s policy on the and raised sufficient funds to send four . MWMA . @2 NEY, / Tt $ ue hi e \V £ s es w 9 > handling of sensitive human sexuality ‘ healthy male goats from South Africa %‘ Me im 2 ./ &’ I ~vx~‘§§§: a * * o9 material. Parents must now give perâ€" to that Ugandan village. UES "QE C aack : O / N) k y 120 l e ism â€" 4;3f¢;;5:},,, mission for the video to be shown to In a second example, a group of chilâ€" M 7 e ts &% mlspcs ag Mc ie s their children. dren in another Ugandan village were .. @#M@l 9 _ . _ . y s e Adelalde Hoodless â€" Amazed left orphans after their parents died 5 s fron. £IDS c ithâ€"the Feshlt Hhst the i\;[lembers n}eet 1n.the Erland Lee Museum in Stoney Creek, where Ns "As an Institute we‘ve moved on from ¢ k i e Women‘s Institute was founded 100 years ago. . § j children felt worthless in a culture . M Feb. 19, 1897: The first meeting of issues like wrapping bread to the maâ€" where old and young work for the comâ€" _ which begin today in Hamilton, inâ€" â€" 1,628 WI members in the rural areas what was to become the Women‘s jJor concerns of today," says member mon good. The children had no way of _ cludes a range of calls, from a review . surrounding Hamilton. _ Institute wes atiended by 101 Mary Whitwell, a retired teacher. contributing to their village and no _ of adâ€"mail rates so that nonâ€"profit orâ€" June Williams is president of the women and one man â€" toâ€"founder And it‘s that emphasis on today‘s money for school. ganizations can use the service, to conâ€" â€" Stoney Creek chAarter branch, which Erland Lee â€" in Squire‘s Hall, worries for parents that has brought ‘ Once again, Canadian WI branches _ cerns about the presence of unknown _ has a membership of about 24, all but Saltfleet Township (now .Sto;\\gyl la Nicole Belanger, 38, into the Binbrook came to the rescue with fundsto starta _ chemicals in liquidâ€"filled products . threeover 75. . . g; %e(fié;g rt]:firo}-fi:\néltr?:elgr}or :nal e fold. The mother of three teenage chilâ€" piggery. The orphaned children earn _ such as paperweights. ‘‘We‘re good Canadian antiques who educationali forum for women. The dren, she felt the need of a support wages looking after the pigs with the Another 23 resolutions still on the belongina museum, _she says. . catalyst had been the death of her group with whom she could discuss result that they are able to once again _ books include concerns about such diâ€" Yet, despite the aging membersh}p, infant son from drinking impure her co’ncerns. contribute to their village. The pigs are â€" verse subjects as gratuitous violence Stoney Creek members still raise milk. She‘s amazed that other women a valuable source of food and the monâ€" _ on television and the safety of growth _ enough funds to provide cash prizes Hoodless together with Erland and aan’t beating down the doors to join. ey earned by the children pays for â€" hormone used to increase yield from _ for a local historical literary contest Janet Lee of Saltfleet, (\;vr(}o arran%fid ‘We ha\{e to be aware of how chilâ€" / their education. dairy cows. The hormone has not yet _ and prizes for area schools. the meletmgs?Tgtir:)il%?\ th;?:v dliJr?inge dren are influenced. Where are the been approved for use in Canada. Recently the branch funded the ?arlt:glg]aarceo?ecz)gnized as coâ€" women my age? Don‘t they need to ; + m i j i i 9 Concerns An even more important concern is _ planting of a centennial rose garden at founders. learn together? Knapp likens the relationship beâ€" _ the institute‘s falling membership. Agâ€" â€" the Erland Lee Museum, home of the M By 1913 there were branches in The branch also coâ€"sponsors, with tween Women‘s Institutes and the â€" ing members are dying off and fewer â€" Lees. every province leading to the Binbrook United Church, a Morning ‘ Third World to two sisters, one with a _ young womenarejoining. Williams admits to sadness at the formation of the Federated . Out program at a local church for closet full of clothes the other with an Since 1990, Canadian membership _ thought that the charter branch may Women‘s Institutes of Canada six young mothers with preâ€"schoolers. empty closet. "The one with the full | has fallen by about 30 per cent, to just eventually fade away, but believes years éatter{hThS fflo‘éemgnégrf” A trained childâ€"care worker looks af closet says let‘s share." under 24,000 from 34,700. strongly that the organization it ustralia and NgweZealaE P and ter the older children, while babysitâ€" But, despite the successes, there are Some members believe part of the _ spawned will continue. more recently to South Africa. ting is done by WI "grandmothers" so concerns about the WT‘s future. problem is the WI image of women sitâ€" "Women need each other and the Inâ€" | m gy 4933 the dream of Canadian WI _ | _ t94t the moms can take advantage of A FWIC strategic planning workâ€" _ ting around quilting, knitting or makâ€" _ stitute supplies thatnecessity" member Madge Watt was realized clasges in skills as diverse as breadâ€" shop, held a couple of years ago, pointâ€" ing jam. Few outsiders realize the Knapp also believes the Women‘s Inâ€" and the Associated Country Women making to selfâ€"defence and cardioâ€"pulâ€" ed to a need to publicize achievements _ strength of the institute‘s lobby, much _ stitute will continue and flourish. It of the World was formed as a worldâ€" monary resuscitation. of the WI. An example of the wideâ€" less that each branch conducts its â€" may also have a future role in urban wide association of r?ral w20gnen. The branch is also known for its spread ignorance about the WI, along _ meetings according to parliamentary _ areas â€" there are already a couple of ;’éfi‘ngfig'seisnegfifg;‘zs Arsoi;n Africa and | _ fUPGraising through fashion shows, with its talent for understatement, is â€" procedure and follows an educational _ branches in the Toronto area â€" where North America. i silent auctions and catering for workâ€" the lack of success the organization _ program, with presentations in severâ€" _ women living isolated lives couldfind | y Today the organization has more ers at the local fair. has had so far in getting coâ€"founders _ al different areas including Canadian _ support and friendship within a nonâ€" than seven million members in Knapp says she continually marvels Erland and Janet Lee elected to Hamilâ€" â€" industry, education and cultural af â€" sectarian organization like the WI, more than 65 countries with seven at the Women‘s Institute‘s achieveâ€" ton‘s Hall of Distinction. Coâ€"founder _ fairs. which has a voice extending through representatives in specialized ments over the past 100 years. Adelaide Hoodless is already a memâ€" Membership has also fallen because _ provincial and national governments agencies at the United Nations. "When Janet and Erland Lee escortâ€" ber. of the increase in urbanization and the _ to consultative status at the United Naâ€" ed Adelaide Hoodless up the steps of The workshop also found a lack of foâ€" _ increase in the number of women who _ tions. Stoney Creek Squires Hall that cold cus, that the Institute was spreading itâ€" â€" work outside the home and have both "What other organization can offer _ offset the decline. Many young profesâ€" â€" February night, they couldn‘thave had self in too many directions. less time and more choice of clubs and . you this?" asks Knapp. sionals are also returning to their rurâ€" â€" any idea what they were starting. A glance at the current list of resoluâ€" _ volunteer groups. While it‘s true that membership is _ al roots and in the Hamilton area espeâ€" "To think, 100 years later, millions of l tions before the centennial celebraâ€" According to Federated Women‘s Inâ€" falling, she sees younger women joinâ€" â€" cially, recently retired professional _ women all over the world are celebratâ€" tions and international conference â€" stitutes of Ontario figures, there are _ ing, if not yet in sufficient numbers to _ women are joining and bringing with _ ing the Women‘s Institute." f