History Supplement of the Alberta Women's Institutes

              HISTORY SUPPLEMENT OF THE ALBERTA WOMEN'S INSTITUTE
Pine; Veteran; Grande Prairie; Stettler; Rugby; Glendale; Sylvan
Lake; Majestic Farrell.
Branches celebrating their 60th Anniversaries include: Clear-view;
Vermilion; Mountain View; Winterburn; D. E. L. and Conjuring
Creek. A new Branch " Antelope Ridge" at Magrath was organized
with fourteen members.
Several A. W. I. Girl's Clubs were organized during the two year
term. Mrs. Morrisroe has attended the F. W. I. C. Board meetings in
Ottawa as Senior Board Member for A. W. I.
The Project for A. W. I. 1975 was " Nutrition Education" with a series
of lessons compiled by the Nutrition Specialist and mailed to the
Branches for study. The culmination was a Poster Competition limited
to Constituencies.
A special function attended was the opening of the R. C. M. P.
Centennial Senior Citizen's Recreation Centre in St. Albert. The St.
Albert Women's Institute had received a Grant of $ 20,000.00 from
the Centennial fund and through the efforts of its members erected
the building. Mrs. Morrisroe on behalf of A. W. I, presented a painting
to be hung in the building.
A short term project was adopted by A. W. I, when an appeal was
made through UNICEF requesting donations for a " Pump for an
Ethiopian Village". $ 65.00 would buy a pump which would provide
enough water for a village. An appeal for donations was made with
good response and in a short time $ 425.00 was collected and mailed to
headquarters. This was enough to buy at least six pumps.
ASSOCIATED COUNTRY WOMEN OF THE WORLD ( ACWW):
In 1974 Mrs. Morrisroe as leader of the Alberta Women's Insti­tutes
delegation numbering fourteen attended the 14th Triennial
Conference in Perth, Australia. Of this number six carried a vote.
The Conference theme was " A World to Share" and over 1500 dele­gates
attended. The ACWW project is a continuation of " Save the
Sight" campaign along with a trust fund set up for " Leadership and
Nutrition Education". The next Conference is to be held in Kenya,
Africa in 1977.
Members are reminded that ACWW Contributing Membership
is increased to two pounds sterling and that the subscription to the
" Country- woman" is one pound sterling.
" Pennies for Friendship" donations from A. W. I, sent to ACWW
for the two year term totalled $ 1300.00.
Mrs. Morrisroe feels her work as President has been challeng­ing,
interesting, time consuming yet rewarding. She is satisfied that
the slogan for her term has been partially fulfilled. There has defi­nitely
been action and involvement and there has been a marked
increase in membership though the growth is offset by some loss due
to disbanding of Branches. Her tireless efforts, her good humor,
patience and interest to involve Institutes in worthwhile endeavors
will help carry A. W. I, into another era.
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