Thanks for the extra research on W.I, and you are reading our minds. Just last June we at AWI sent another resolution to the Alberta government regarding helmet use for all-terrain vehicles.
MLA Nathan Cooper's plan for changes to adoption regulations hit home as well. Margaret Dennsen put a similar resolution to AWI, especially regarding children from abroad.
Women's Institutes across Canada (FWIC) have focused on violence against women and families and pornography issues since the mid-80s (over 30 years) and greatly support the women's crisis centres.
Did you know we also started funding for breast screenings, free use of radium, funded hospitals, rest homes and rooms (in Olds it was near the museum), and started libraries.
We pushed the governments to put the yellow lines in the centre of the highways.
At our annual convention in Olds in 2000 Lois Hole delivered an address on genetically modified foods. We are still keeping a close eye on that issue, as recently as the ACWW conference at Warwick, England.
My friend Priscilla Allan from Papua New Guinea feeds her boys yams cooked fresh on a wood fire each morning.
M.R.W.I held its December meeting, a festive afternoon, last Monday, a cold, windy day, but it was warm with lots of hot coffee, tea and goodies at Shirley's home.
We exchanged gifts and homemade cards and sent funds to the Mountain View Food Bank, especially to buy turkeys.
We are sending two more quilts and some pretty pillowcases and supplies to the Red Deer women's shelter. One idea from Jackie -- pack a purse or nice bag with lots of essentials -- easy to grab and use when in a hurry.
Carol Brown
Mary Riley W.I. branch
