Tipsy Teapots - Clue # 2

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WI Community Champions!

While the Women’s Institute has become a smaller organization there has been no let-up in the commitment to home and country. Along with its traditional causes, especially education, the organization has also embraced more contemporary concerns. They include participation in the Support Our Soldiers Program, launched when Canadian troops entered Afghanistan, and fundraising for such programs as Women Feed the World and Water for All.

Helen McKercher, an honorary President of the Federated Women’s Institute of Ontario, Director, Home Economics Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food and previous chief, Consumer Education, Canadian Department of Fishers, established nutrition, home management and leadership courses which had a profound influence on the lives of thousands of women and 4-H girls who participated in the programs.

She played a leading role in encouraging the Women’s Institute to set up a $50,000 scholarship, the interest from which is being used to train women from developing countries.

In Ontario especially, the WI continues its long-time support of 4-H clubs, and the ROSE initiative (rural Ontario sharing education) has brought attention to the organization’s education and support programs and to its efforts to enhance personal growth and empowerment for women.

However, those broader objectives and global interests have never diverted branches from their profound sense of local commitment and from their long-established practice of making modest, but meaningful contributions to community betterment.

Each year in Brant County the Women Inspiring Women Women’s Institute continues to support an award for a deserving 4-H youth.

As women who came together because of the 4-H program and WIW WI it is appropriate for us to recognize the continued dedication and support that is provided to local communities throughout Ontario. This trophy that we have created together is representing us thanking the Women's Institute for their support of the 4-H program.

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