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WI: Women Inspired
March 2017
President’s Report
We are pleased to announce that we have a new administrative assistant. Her name is Rebecca Scott, and she
comes highly recommended from her previous employers. She replaces Katie Dorion, who has accepted a new
position with the government. We wish Katie much success in her new position!
Our “Spring Is in the Air” Gala Dinner is just around the corner. This year we are fund raising for the O'Leary
Community Hospital, and the Western Hospital in Alberton. They are so appreciative of us considering them this
year.
It is my hope that we will support them by raising as much money as we can. Buying tickets for
the dinner and donating auction items will help us greatly. Let's do our best to make this year the best ever!
- Jacquie Laird, President
“Spring Is in the Air” 17th Annual Gala Dinner
“Spring Is in the Air” Gala Dinner is scheduled for Friday, April 7, 2017
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Surf and Turf Buffet at Top of the Park Restaurant
Live and Silent Auctions
6:00 P.M. Reception and 6:30 P.M. Dinner
Tickets $75 (tax receipt will be given for a portion of the ticket)
Tickets are now available from Board Members and at the WI Office. We are now accepting donations for our Live and
Silent Auction in support of the Community Hospital in O’Leary, and the Western Hospital in Alberton.
Ticket and Auction item deadline - March 24!
For further information please contact Helen Dawson (Chair): (902) 651-2171, Jacquie Laird: (902) 964-2641,
Donna Butler: (902) 962-2271, or Pat MacKinnon: (902) 368-2282.
2017 District Area Conventions
Area
Date/Storm Date
Start Time
Location
Contact
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February 22/23
6:00 P.M.
O’Leary Community Centre
Orell Smallman: (902) 859-2359
3
March 6/9
6:00 P.M.
Ellerslie Elementary School
Hazel Birch: (902) 831-2321
6
March 9/10
2:00 P.M.
Murray Christian Centre
Donna Cole: [email protected]
7
March 6/7
6:00 P.M.
South Shore United Church
Heather Dixon: [email protected]
8
February 27/March 2
6:30 P.M.
Sterling Women’s Institute Hall
Lynda Weeks: (902) 886-3145
9
March 1/2
6:00 P.M.
North River Fire Hall
Shirley Lank :(902) 621-0258 or
Margaret Prouse: (902) 566-4217
10A
February 27/28
5:30 P.M.
Milton Community Hall
Shari MacDonald: [email protected]
10B
March 7/8
5:30 P.M.
Old Dunstaffnage School
Frances Cole: (902) 629-1603
12
February 16/23
7:00 P.M.
Selkirk Community Centre
Hazel McInnis: 902-687-2561
13
February 28/March 1
6:30 P.M.
Robert Cotton Centre, Stratford
Pam MacQuillan: (902) 651-2165
14
March 8/9
6:30 P.M.
Vernon River School
Marie Curran: (902) 651-2342
15
March 1/2
6:00 P.M.
Belfast Rec. Centre
Joanne Vessey: (902) 628-7972
16
February 17/18
5:30 P.M.
Cambridge Hall
Beverley Gosbee: (902) 962-2657
The WI Office will be closed on March 29 for a Strategic Planning Session.
2017 Provincial Convention
Environment
Save the Date!
The 2017 Provincial Convention will be held at Credit Union Place in
Summerside on Saturday, June 3, 2017.
“Why are you washing garbage?”
This question is sometimes heard in Island kitchens when one person
is cleaning out a used food container for recycling. Often, the critic
continues that all the detergent and hot water make just throwing out
Some of the highlights include a panel on mental health with Joanne
the containers more environmentally friendly. Not true, as recycling is
Crampton, Commanding Officer, RCMP; Verna Ryan, director of Mental usually a much better choice -- melting down and making new glass
Health and Addictions, Health PEI, Alice Taylor, Handle with Care; and or cans is energy intense, but not as much as making new glass or
Jackie Doran-MacLeod, Adult Protection Consultant, Health PEI.
steel or plastics. It is true our time is a finite resource, and hot water
and cleaners costly, but most people figure out a system in their
An interactive delegate session will be on sustainable tourism on PEI.
kitchen to ease the work of recycling.
Displays and exhibits for information will also be featured (limited tables
available).
How can you make it easier? First, don’t bring it home! Try not to
Donations will be made to those in need - please think on giving a gently buy stuff that has so much trash-packaging or is difficult to recycle.
Currently, Island Waste Management Corporation accepts glass, cans,
used purse filled from your branch with necessities such as toothbrush,
and plastics labeled 1,2,3,4 and 5, among some other items.
toothpaste, feminine hygiene products etc.
Registration forms will be included in the April mailout.
Second, set your kitchen up to help you. Have a non-paper recycling
blue bag close to where you clean out cans, jars and containers. Wash
Cultural Activities
stuff out at the very end of your dishwashing/kitchen tidying-time, so
few new resources are used to make the containers clean enough for
March is here and welcome to our first signs of Spring! I wonder if
recycling.
the modern woman still feels the joy of spring house cleaning? I can
remember clotheslines full of flapping flannel sheets, blankets, winter
Third, be proud that it may *look* like you are washing garbage, but
coats, mitts, scarves and hats, all being put away for another year.
you really are keeping valuable materials in a “use-cycle”, and every
The ceilings got a fresh coat of calcimine, which was a chalky paint
little bit helps the planet.
used to cover up the soot from wood burning stoves. If money was
available, the kitchen would maybe get a new layer of wallpaper with - Chris Ortenburger, Environment Convener
floral or leafy design. A good washing of walls and de-cluttering of
ACWW Canada Area Convention
closets and the women felt so much better!
Join in on the ACWW Canada Area Convention!
One thing we should still houseclean is the medicine cabinet. Look
 June 23-25, 2017
for out of date and expired medicine. We tend to push the unused
 Pembroke, Ontario
to the back of the shelf. All pharmacies will accept any unused
 March 15 deadline for early-bird registration
medicines. Just put them in a zip lock baggie and take them to the
Registration forms available for pickup at the WI office, or online at
prescription counter. There will be no questions asked and they will
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be put in a container for safe disposal. It is best to keep all medicine
in one place and have it safe from the hands of any children or visitors
Three Months at a Glance!
in our home.
Upcoming Events
April 7: Spring Is in the Air Gala Dinner
The world may change but inquisitive minds and fingers are still part
May 13: Roadside Cleanup
of humanity. Be safe and happy spring cleaning.
Newsletters and Other Submission Deadlines
- Donna Butler, Cultural Activities Convener
March 5: Institute News June Issue
Free CPR Sessions
March 31: Adelaide Hoodless Award of Honour deadline
(Non-board members)
Thanks to Scotiabank, the Heart and Stroke Foundation in
April 1: Friend to WI Award deadline
partnership with Island First Aid Services would like to offer WI
May 31: WI Education Scholarship deadline
members and their communities free CPR Sessions in April and May.
Louise MacMillan Memorial Scholarship deadline
A session takes 60 minutes and covers hands only CPR, choking and
District Convention Deadlines
using an Automated External Defibrillator (AED). Participants
March 28
receive a free Family & Friends® CPR Anytime® to practice and
 Send District Executive Summary to WI Office
take home.
 Send District Convener Reports to Prov. Conveners
If interested to offer at your branch, please contact the Heart and
Stroke Foundation at (902) 892-7441 by March 17, or email at
[email protected].
Please see poster in your branch mail out for further information.
Limited sessions for branches available.
Life Memberships
March 22
 Deadline for Life Membership applications are due
two weeks prior to Board Meetings. Our next meeting is
Wednesday, April 5.
Program Kit Order Forms - Send completed order forms to the
WI Office or download from www.peiwi.ca
On PEIWI Board Meeting Day, the WI Office will be closed from 8 A.M. until 2 P.M. on
Wednesday, March 1.