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Pioneered in the construction of homes for Public Health Nurses and urged the building of hospitals in outlying districts. Donated money to purchase physiotherapy equipment for Military Hospitals; contributed generously to the Navy League and to the Queen's Canadian Fund for Air Raid Victims; sent Christmas Cheer Gifts for women. and children in bombed areas of Britain and provided artificial limbs for crippled children in France. Through the Unitarian Services, sent clothing, diapers, soap and bread for Greece, barley for Korea and made clothing for children in the Middle East. Contributed generously to the Fund to purchase machines for making braces for crippled children in the Junior Red Cross Hospital in Calgary. Gave financial help to the Canadian Arthritic and Rheumatism Society. Award Scholarships for girls in. Agricultural Colleges, in W.I. Branches and in the Alberta Musical Festival. Supported the Canadian Mental Health Association. Have representations on the Provincial Boards of Canadian Red Cross Society (Alberta and Northwest Territories Division); Alberta Council on Aging; General Curriculum Committee of the Department of Education. The Institutes are an organization for action, not merely a place for discussion. Today, as local community life fades, the Institutes continue to attract women, as members who want to lend a hand in helpful action within and beyond their own local boundaries. They recognize that problems of widening import. are crowding. They are conscious of their strength through being part of the National and World organizations and that they are in a position to help with solutions to the problems whether they concern our neighbors in the far north or in distant nations that are suddenly emerging into the. jet age, being unprepared, confused and in many instances hungry. As knowledge of need grows, so does Branch contribution to meet the cost of intelligent, constructive assistance. It is through the Branches that the Institutes are taking their place in shouldering responsibilities.
CHAPTER
TWO
THE WOMEN'S
INSTITUTE
BRANCH
The Branch is the home group of Institute Members who, through thinking, working and playing together develop understandings and friendships. A decade ago while we were still under pioneering conditions, we kept busy with needs and projects that are now obsolete. Today, numerous other things cry out to be done. Besides the new problems ever arising in our homeland, there are those of peoples in far-away places. They need friends and desperately need education that will give them a chance to help themselves. We in the individual Branches are in a position to help effectively. There is no substitute for us. The individual Member is of the utmost importance. Excerpts from an article written for the A.W.I. Magazine-Home and Country-by Mrs. 12
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| Transcript | Pioneered in the construction of homes for Public Health Nurses and urged the building of hospitals in outlying districts. Donated money to purchase physiotherapy equipment for Military Hospitals; contributed generously to the Navy League and to the Queen's Canadian Fund for Air Raid Victims; sent Christmas Cheer Gifts for women. and children in bombed areas of Britain and provided artificial limbs for crippled children in France. Through the Unitarian Services, sent clothing, diapers, soap and bread for Greece, barley for Korea and made clothing for children in the Middle East. Contributed generously to the Fund to purchase machines for making braces for crippled children in the Junior Red Cross Hospital in Calgary. Gave financial help to the Canadian Arthritic and Rheumatism Society. Award Scholarships for girls in. Agricultural Colleges, in W.I. Branches and in the Alberta Musical Festival. Supported the Canadian Mental Health Association. Have representations on the Provincial Boards of Canadian Red Cross Society (Alberta and Northwest Territories Division); Alberta Council on Aging; General Curriculum Committee of the Department of Education. The Institutes are an organization for action, not merely a place for discussion. Today, as local community life fades, the Institutes continue to attract women, as members who want to lend a hand in helpful action within and beyond their own local boundaries. They recognize that problems of widening import. are crowding. They are conscious of their strength through being part of the National and World organizations and that they are in a position to help with solutions to the problems whether they concern our neighbors in the far north or in distant nations that are suddenly emerging into the. jet age, being unprepared, confused and in many instances hungry. As knowledge of need grows, so does Branch contribution to meet the cost of intelligent, constructive assistance. It is through the Branches that the Institutes are taking their place in shouldering responsibilities. CHAPTER TWO THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE BRANCH The Branch is the home group of Institute Members who, through thinking, working and playing together develop understandings and friendships. A decade ago while we were still under pioneering conditions, we kept busy with needs and projects that are now obsolete. Today, numerous other things cry out to be done. Besides the new problems ever arising in our homeland, there are those of peoples in far-away places. They need friends and desperately need education that will give them a chance to help themselves. We in the individual Branches are in a position to help effectively. There is no substitute for us. The individual Member is of the utmost importance. Excerpts from an article written for the A.W.I. Magazine-Home and Country-by Mrs. 12 |
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