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_,.to Jo-Anne Camelon for arranging the Volunteer Award Ceremony in Petawawa. Renfrew South District is the only W L to recognize their volunteers, Congratulations to the 50 years recipients -- 3 -- all from RSDWI! l' The entertainment, food and bus ride made a fun evening,. A Big Thank You.... Thank You to Sheila Gibbons for a very successful day on October 30th 2004. The workshops were very interesting and the day most enjoyable Looking forward to the next one. Sheila is always looking for new workshop ideas so please do not hesitate to drop her a line with your suggestions. WI Fall Courses ""10 Allison Kubiseski from Balsam Hill W.I. who was awarded two (2) scholarships to help with furthering her education at Teacher's College, r "wr f Helen McKercher Award 'gat 7: . . FWlO 90th Anniversary Award, 1;""_. kg _ _ __ "e"___ T "new," were all well attended and much appreciated. We are grateful to the presenters for their donated time as well as the many displays present, We are looking forward to another one in 2006. (Joanne McDonald, Karen Pender, Betty Comba & Lyle Larone) It was a priviledge to work on this committee with women so committed to bring information to others to better their health. Although it was difficult to know how many attended, it was thought to be between 250-300 women and a few men. The door prize was beautifully put together by Karen Fender using gifts from WI and the Health Unit. It was won by Patsy Stewart of Bumstown. The workshops 'ongratulations..... Women's Wellness October 10, 2004 A candid view The Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario Presents FIGHTING FOR HOME AND COUNTRY (WOMEN'S WAR STORIES) FWIO members have provided their perspective of WWII packed with emotional excerpts and highlighted pictures in a mi RENFREW SOUTH DISTRICT WOMENS INSTITUTE NEWSLETTER 'Cryr" tCTtrtT - Mrhtrs-rm... Available - November 17th Just in time for Christmas. The book retails for $2! 95 ' shipping & GST l3 Scholarship awarded to Andrew Clelland (son of Lynn and Ian) Balsam Hill WI 14, Bernice Noblett Awards: Cross Stitch: lst Allison Kubiseski (Balsam Hill), yui In: Mills (Lorne Sutherland) Tale My Parents Told Me: 1" Lorna Stewart, 2nd Gayle Reid (Balsam Hill), ye Ruby Proudfoot Covered Kleenex Box: No Entries Entertainment for the day included ways to accessorize with jackets, scarves, jewelry and fancy purses. This was followed by a fashion show ofa different kind -- ask your delegate how to make a 'pill-box' hat or a 'Sear-sucker' skirt! The 2005 Area Convention will be held in Renfrew area, Mae Craig will be looking for ideas for another successful day so please do not hesitate to contact her. 10 ll 12 Area Voting Delegate (replacing PAC) is Ann MacDougall New FEES WILL NOT RISE IN 2005 Area Convention Highlights Looking for quilts - 2006 7 disbanded Institutes in the past year Poetry books almost gone - there were 10,000 published Our volunteer hours represented $6,000,000 Attendance at Rose sessions low. Older members -- don't want to be leaders New members means new interests and more dollars Ask prospective members often to come to meetings and you will have new members Offer to pick them up /have interesting meetings/look at flexible times Area Treasurer is Peggy McLeod (Cobden) a must read book of 30M v I ji,iiis,ea)iy' (rd SIXTH ISSUE -. NOVEMBER 2004 Ina