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Flint l i: Co M re i “it ll «2:» rt en i re l} A Message from the F W10 Unity Convener â€" Marilyn Sharp Please take note 01 the following dead- ine dates for the FWIC Competitions: 3 Each level of the Women's Institute is to arrange their own judges. and decide if they wish to provide prizes. :1 Branch and/or individual Women's Institute entries are to be judged at Branch level. Place a card with your full name. address and phone num- ber and your Women's Institute Branch. District and Area in a sealed envelope firmly attached to your entry. Branch is to send one winning entry from each category to the District Secretary to arrive by March 15, 1996. District is to send one winning entry trom each category to the Area Secretary to arrive by July 15. 1996. Area is to send one winning entry from each category to the FWIO Unity Convener - Marilyn Sharp. 53 Parkwood Dr.. Cambridge. Ontario, N1S 3K9 - to arrive no later than January 5. 1997. FWIO Unity Convener to send one winning entry from each category to FWIC Unity Convener to arrive no later than March 31. 1997. Winning entries will be announced and on display at the 1997 FWIC Convention in Hamilton. Ontario. NotezAll entries are to iollow the above path. beginning at Branch level. Under no circumstances will deadline dates be changed. Donation fro h District In honour otthe International Year ofthe Family. and to show their pride In the new Dut‘terin County Museum and Archives. the Duffen'n North District Women‘s Institute presented a $500 cheque to Curator. Wuyne Townsend. From left to right in thr.‘ front row are Wayne Townsend 7 Curator. Dut'l‘en'n County Museum. Billie Power - District President. and Ruth Hnlhen - District Secretary. In the back row from left to right are Dutfcrin North District members: Evelyn Coe - First Vice President. Gretta Brown - Public Relations Officer. Isabelle Bates - Second Vice President, and Bernice Mndill ~ Program Coordinator. Bob the Beaver Is a comical chap With his bright little Trousers, bucket and cap! Bob the Beaver is pictured above with delegates to the Federated Women 's Institutes of Canada (FWIC) Con ven- tion in Truro. Nova Scolia. From left to rightare Jane Craft, 3 member of the Mountsberg WI in Ontario. Charlotte Johnston. PresidentutFW/C. Elizabeth Hushlon. President of the Atberta Women 's institutes. and Mildred Keith, Presi- dent Elect a! FWIC. l ['1le Strategic Planning Meeting in Montreal In 1993. the Federated Women's Institutes ofCunuda (FWIC) Board proposed that it each WI member in Canada donated one dollar per year for three years. FWIC would not have to raise fees, And they would be on solid financial footing. Thus. “Bob the Beuver' and his ‘Bail Out Bucket' was created. At the FWIC Convention last June in Truro. Nova Scotiu. delegates were intro» duced to ‘Bob.’ Send your contribution ot‘ one dollar per year or more to the Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario office in Guelph. who will in turn send it to the FWIC office in Ottawa. Home & Country. Spring '95 11