use of the school Ruby Ramsey donated $50. They received a free load of wood from Dave 
     
     Bigger. $200 was donated by Ronnie MacWilliams. Ralph and Rita Smallman donated $40 and 
     
     upon closing their institute, Cape Wolfe donated $100 to KWI. The PEIWI bylaws state that 
     
     when an institute disbands, any money on hand must either go to the PEIWI or to another 
     
     institute. The KWI Red Cross convener Betty Sweet, received an award for her 20-year-service 
     
    
   
   
    
     of being a volunteer with the Red Cross and Water Safety. 
     
    
   
   
    
     One of highlights of the years 2000 through 2008 was a house tour planned as a fundraiser for 
     
     upkeep of the KWI community centre. The third generation century home of Isabel and 
     
     Winburn Harris of Knutsford was one of the homes to be visited during an afternoon tea. Other 
     
     homes were Clayton and Lillian Harris, Ken and Verna Smallman, and Garth and Susan 
     
    
   
   
    
     Smallman. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In June 2000, congratulations were bestowed on Empress McDowell, “an angel in our midst.” 
     
     Empress received recognition from the New Angel Network for her contribution to the 
     
     community hospital. The members received a thank you letter from the Caring Cupboard for 
     
     their donations. And there was a review of the convention resolutions on their concerns of farm 
     
    
   
   
    
     truck registration and buffer zones by roadways. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Spring is in the Air Gala dinner, held once a year, was a very fancy, very delicious meal usually 
     
     held at the Culinary Institute in Charlottetown. Later, it was held at The Top of the Park. 
     
     Members of institutes were responsible to sell the tickets given to them by PEIWI. The cost was 
     
     $75 each; it wasn’t mandatory to go but it was encouraged that at least two members of each 
     
     institute attend. Wanda Adams said, “There was a whole carload of us go one time.” The KWI 
     
     always took part and always sent something for the silent auction, like a quilt or a beautiful 
     
     basket filled to the brim with homemade jams and jellies and other homemade items. Or both. 
     
     There were interesting speakers, and all members could meet and mingle with other institute 
     
     members from different parts of the Island. All money raised from the gala dinners was donated 
     
    
   
   
    
     to hospitals across the Island for important medical equipment. 
     
    
   
   
    
     KWI member Joan Smallman participated in the Legacy Bike Tour in 2001, which extended 
     
     from North Cape to East Point, Prince Edward Island. National WI president Marie Kenny 
     
     believes the bike tour in 2001 and 2002 to be her greatest accomplishment thus far for the 
     
    
   
   
    
     women’s institute. As coordinator of the successful event, she witnessed first-hand the prevalent 
     
    
   
   
    
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