Pine Lake History - 1990-1999

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Feb
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T i l l ! FLOW STARTS
When she first heard Mrs Dr3ge's
idea, our founding President, Mrs
Walt, said: ' Yes, it looks harmless/
Today thai harmless idea con­tributes
between 60 and 70 per
cent of ACWW's annual Income. -
income'which is used 10 cover the
running costs of the organisation,
magazine. United Nations and
Membership work including Offi-
: cers' travels, and projects admin­istration.
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Pennies for Friendship are essen-.
tial in allowing ACWW to be the
voice of women who are working
to improve the quality of family
. life through community develop­ment
projects, education and
training. Vital to help women
speak to the decision- makers at all
levels of society. 1 '
. PENNIES FOR
FRIENDSHIP are . . , , . .
Donations of money. Voluntary
gifts by women to help other
women through ACWW. Any gift,'
large or small, is an expression of
friendship and caring between our,
members.
TODAY . . .
Nothing functions in ACWW
without Pennies for Friendship,
each year gifts come from mem­bers
all around the
world. In today's
world the value of
those original
coins has eroded.
To make the same .
c o m m i t m e n t ,
some of our mem­bers
look ' to the '
equivalent." of the '
cost of a loaf of bread.
Pennies for Friendship continue
to be n gift in friendship from
women for other women and for
our common future. The original
target of a coin from every mem­ber
still remains to be achieved
with members now at the multi-million
level. I3ut ACWW is grate­ful
for every contribution and
totally dependent on ' members'
support. • '
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Frosty the Snowman is built in this weather
Pay a dime to keep the snowflakes light as a feather
Roses are Red, violets are Blue
On Valentine's Day fourteen cents is due.
To celebrate St Patricks Day
We'll place seventeen cents to pave the way
Easter eggs and bunnies, lilies and more
Place twelve cents for run galore
From almost the very beginning,
Pennies for Friendship have been
part of the Associated Country
Women of the World. It was the
idea of Mrs Codhey Drage, a
founder member from Wales and
Chairman of the Finance Com­mittee.,
Many international organisa­tions
form from a central point
which spreads world- wide. ACWW
is different. It was a coming to-g(
! ier of countrywomen's organi-ons,
keeping their national
characteristics, independently pur­suing
their own activities, but
believing that by associating inter­nationally
they could " share more
with each oilier than by being
centrally directed.
Such an unusual set- up was
linked lo the principle that no eli­gible
society should be prevented
from joining because of cost - a
belief ACWW still upholds. Dues
were set at a low level from the
very first. So oilier means had to
be found lo carry out the work
ACWW members wanted lo do.
Mrs Drage's plan, launched in
1939, was tliat if every member in
every ACWW sociely gave the
smallest coin of her country once
a year, ACWW, would solve its
financial problems. She called. it
the ' Million Member Fund', but
soon it became ' Pennies for
Friendship' and the idea was
greeted enthusiastically.
• From small beginnings during
the war years, it grew lo become
the main source of income today.
i - Red Deer Rural Times Friday, November 20,1998
May Spring flowers, green grasses and tree blossoms
Please bring twenty- one cents to encourage the sun
Jun
Sep
Oct
Nov
Pine Lake Women's Institute
By Doris Warke
We honored Remembrance Day before
our business meeting by our president
Marilyn Wattenbarger reading Flanders
Field.
Kathleen Lawrence reported that 16
sets of jelly, with 4 jars of jelly per set, has
been ordered. This home made jelly pro­ject
has been done for years.
Preparations were completed for our
annual Christmas Family supper to be held
December 4th at the Hub.
A discussion took place concerning the
Literacy Project, a joint venture between
Federated Women's Institute of Canada
and the Canadian Association of Con­sumers.
We will answer the questionnaire and
return it to FWIC.
The Executive of PLWI will meet and
plan the 1999 yearly program.
PLWI members will each donate 2
dozen cookies for the Red Deer Centre
W. I. Constituency project. Meals on
Wheels Cookie Project.
PLWI will also take part in the Shoe
Box for Hope project for disaster ridden
Honduras and Nicaragua in Central Ameri­ca.
International Affairs Convener, Sandra
Pierce, w i l l complete the diary of
activities of PLWI members lor the
year 1998 through writ­ing,
clippings and pic-lures
for our long time
pen pal, Haden W . l .
in Australia, for our
Christmas exchange
gift.
Kathleen Lawrence
introduced her guest
speaker, Marion Brown,
who showed a video she
had taken at the A C W W conference
in Pretoria, South Africa earlier this year.
This video showed a display of beautiful
native handicrafts.
We also were shown how to create
miniature shopping bags from wrapping
paper, craft glue and ribbon or cord. These
will be used to hold sweets for each plate
at our annual Christmas family supper.
12 - Friday, January 8, 1999,
School is finished for students, holidays have begun
Pay twenty cents to frolic on the climbing rung
Back to school, the children must go
Pay in nickels the children you have in tow
Witches and Goblins, carved Pumpkins at windows
Pay seventeen cents to keep the candles aglow
Old Man Winter provides hoar frost to make a picture scene
Please pay nineteen cents so the winds arc not mean
PINE L A K E WI.
Pine Lake W. I. Christmas
meeting was held at the
Hub. with all members pre­sent,
and with President
Marilyn Wattenbarger
reminding us of the season
by reading a Christmas
poem.
Irma Lawrence reported
an enjoyable PL. W. L family
Christmas supper with 39
adults and 8 children in
attendance. Everyone from
adults to pre- school enjoyed
and evening of Bingo after
supper.
PL. W. I. participated in
the Project, Cookies for
Meals on Wheels. We also
completed our donations
toward the Shoe Box for
Hope Project. A willow
woven basket Tilled with 4
County News
jars of home made PL. W. I.
jelly was donated to the
Pine Lake Hub. for their
video horse race night - a
fund raising evening.
PL. W. I. also completed
their jelly- making project
which helps us pay our
annual donation for the
A. W. I. office fund.
Educational convener,
Irma Lawrence, for Home
Economics, presented an
interesting program titled
' Muffin Merit' which
informed us about he good
food value and the ease of
making muffins, after
which she informed us
methods and results on
Turkey Roast O f f - vari­ous
ways to roast turkey
and the results.
The evening ended with
revelation of our secret sis­ter
and an exchange of
Christmas gifts.
The next PL. W1. meet­ing
will be held at the Hub.
on January 12th at 7 p. m.
come and join us if you
wish.
Doris Warke
Dec Christmas time is for sharing and giving
Pay twenty- five cents to honor our savior