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Home and Country Summer 2007
Erland Lee Award
WI is Alive in Five
Brenda Willsie, Director
S T
he winner of the Erland Lee Award was Norrie Cunningham, husband of former District Five Director, Blanche Cunningham. Congratulations to you both!
Nominations for President Elect Deadline - March 15, 2008
Please submit names to Mildred Luz 5910 - 42 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2P6
ince I last talked to many of the members in District Five my life has changed forever. On July 1, 2007 I moved to Wetaskiwin, Alberta to continue my nursing career on Unit 35 of the Wetaskiwin Hospital. My new address, telephone number and fax number are printed in the front of this issue of Home and Country. I will continue my membership in the Cottonwood Branch so I will be able to remain as District Five Director. I hope to visit the Angus Ridge Branch as much as I can and also attend the regular meetings at Cottonwood. Many of the Branches in District Five sent delegates to the recent Provincial Convention held in Camrose. I felt this was a very successful convention and we all enjoyed a great mix of speakers. I had the pleasure of presenting the Erland Lee Award at the Banquet. This was a particularly special task as I was able to present it to Norrie Cunningham of the Cottonwood area. The members of District Five did very well in the Handicraft and Creative Writing Competitions and I wish to congratulate each one of the winners. The Cool Crafts Girls Club was the winner of the Challenge Cup this year. I would like to congratulate the girls on their success and encourage them to carry on with their activities next year. I know that a lot of the branches do not have formal meetings over the summer months but they do meet for a social function or two. I would enjoy hearing about them in your reports. Enjoy your summer! wi
Associated Country Women of the World
Darlene Wicks, President, AWI
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id you know that the Associated Countrywomen of the World (ACWW) has 9 million members in 70 countries? The 25th Triennial Conference in Turku, Finland challenged us with the language and light skies. On our first day we located and registered at the Hotel and received our conference material. The next day was a Pre-Conference Council meeting and a briefing at the Area Meeting. The Projects Committee reported doing 83 projects in 31 countries with a total funding of 289,000 pounds. We were asked to follow up on the Resolutions from Hobart, Tasmania. Can we find out what our government does to protect people who are victims of trafficking? An Area Meeting followed with Jenny Mitchell, Deputy President chairing as Mildred Keith, Area President was ill and unable to attend. Every province needs to work on their government to get low cost housing. The opening had the flag procession, Mrs. Kaija Hartiala, the Deputy Mayor of Turku welcomed us and mentioned that this is a city of young people with innovative ideas. The Keynote Address was given by Mrs. Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, Minister of Agriculture & Forestry. She said that Finnish women received the vote 101 years ago with 19 women elected to parliament. Today there are 84 women in parliament with more women than men. On the final day we had 530 voting delegates and were entertained by the Turku University Choir singing in German, Swedish and English. Elizabeth Rushton gave a summary of the Conference and she did a fantastic job for Canada. Then farewells to retiring members, presentation of the new board members, and the flags were retired. At our Area Meeting we learned that the Pennies for Friendship is an administrative fund and without an office there would not be any projects. Margaret Yetman is the new Area President for Canada. The Area project decided on was $7,000 to help the Daughters of Mary Immaculate care for the Tsunami orphans in India. It was moved and carried that we host one Area ACWW Conference in a year when there is no FWIC Convention or an ACWW Conference and alternate east and west. If the FWIC Convention was held in the east then the ACWW Area Conference would be in the west. The banquet and entertainment ended the evening with some people going home the next day. wi
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| Transcript | Home and Country Summer 2007 Erland Lee Award WI is Alive in Five Brenda Willsie, Director S T he winner of the Erland Lee Award was Norrie Cunningham, husband of former District Five Director, Blanche Cunningham. Congratulations to you both! Nominations for President Elect Deadline - March 15, 2008 Please submit names to Mildred Luz 5910 - 42 Avenue Camrose, Alberta T4V 2P6 ince I last talked to many of the members in District Five my life has changed forever. On July 1, 2007 I moved to Wetaskiwin, Alberta to continue my nursing career on Unit 35 of the Wetaskiwin Hospital. My new address, telephone number and fax number are printed in the front of this issue of Home and Country. I will continue my membership in the Cottonwood Branch so I will be able to remain as District Five Director. I hope to visit the Angus Ridge Branch as much as I can and also attend the regular meetings at Cottonwood. Many of the Branches in District Five sent delegates to the recent Provincial Convention held in Camrose. I felt this was a very successful convention and we all enjoyed a great mix of speakers. I had the pleasure of presenting the Erland Lee Award at the Banquet. This was a particularly special task as I was able to present it to Norrie Cunningham of the Cottonwood area. The members of District Five did very well in the Handicraft and Creative Writing Competitions and I wish to congratulate each one of the winners. The Cool Crafts Girls Club was the winner of the Challenge Cup this year. I would like to congratulate the girls on their success and encourage them to carry on with their activities next year. I know that a lot of the branches do not have formal meetings over the summer months but they do meet for a social function or two. I would enjoy hearing about them in your reports. Enjoy your summer! wi Associated Country Women of the World Darlene Wicks, President, AWI D id you know that the Associated Countrywomen of the World (ACWW) has 9 million members in 70 countries? The 25th Triennial Conference in Turku, Finland challenged us with the language and light skies. On our first day we located and registered at the Hotel and received our conference material. The next day was a Pre-Conference Council meeting and a briefing at the Area Meeting. The Projects Committee reported doing 83 projects in 31 countries with a total funding of 289,000 pounds. We were asked to follow up on the Resolutions from Hobart, Tasmania. Can we find out what our government does to protect people who are victims of trafficking? An Area Meeting followed with Jenny Mitchell, Deputy President chairing as Mildred Keith, Area President was ill and unable to attend. Every province needs to work on their government to get low cost housing. The opening had the flag procession, Mrs. Kaija Hartiala, the Deputy Mayor of Turku welcomed us and mentioned that this is a city of young people with innovative ideas. The Keynote Address was given by Mrs. Sirkka-Liisa Anttila, Minister of Agriculture & Forestry. She said that Finnish women received the vote 101 years ago with 19 women elected to parliament. Today there are 84 women in parliament with more women than men. On the final day we had 530 voting delegates and were entertained by the Turku University Choir singing in German, Swedish and English. Elizabeth Rushton gave a summary of the Conference and she did a fantastic job for Canada. Then farewells to retiring members, presentation of the new board members, and the flags were retired. At our Area Meeting we learned that the Pennies for Friendship is an administrative fund and without an office there would not be any projects. Margaret Yetman is the new Area President for Canada. The Area project decided on was $7,000 to help the Daughters of Mary Immaculate care for the Tsunami orphans in India. It was moved and carried that we host one Area ACWW Conference in a year when there is no FWIC Convention or an ACWW Conference and alternate east and west. If the FWIC Convention was held in the east then the ACWW Area Conference would be in the west. The banquet and entertainment ended the evening with some people going home the next day. wi 5 |
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