of receiving funds from the Island Community Fund. Attending were Barbara Sweet, Isobel 
     
    
   
   
    
     Harris, Orell Smallman, Verna Smallman, Joan Smallman and Janet Smith. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Thanks to Jeffrey Smallman for putting up the flag at Community Centre before Canada Day. 
     
     The district entered in Rural Beautification Competition. At the annual meeting in September 
     
     Verna Smallman presented the following slate of officers: president — Joan Smallman; vice 
     
    
   
   
    
     president- Fairley Yeo; secretary- Betty Sweet; treasurer -Barbara Sweet. 
     
    
   
   
    
     A wedding shower was held at the school for David Smallman and his fiancé. Support from the 
     
     community had once again been generous, because the KWI won $500 in the Rural 
     
    
   
   
    
     Beautification Competition for the district. 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Purple Ribbon Campaign was initiated by the Women’s Action Coalition of Nova Scotia in 
     
     memory of the 14 women killed in Montreal, December 6, 1989 just because they were women. 
     
     The purple ribbon is most commonly used to raise awareness for domestic violence; it is also 
     
     used to bring awareness to survivors of gender-based violence, animal abuse, Alzheimer’s, 
     
     Lupus, Chrohns, sarcoidosis disease and pancreatic cancer. A donation was made to Caring 
     
     Cupboard and donations of teddy bears were made to Mothers Against Drunk Driving, MADD. 
     
     A Christmas basket was packed full for a former member, Marion Luxton, and her husband, 
     
     Lorne, who were ill. Also, a donation was given to QEH for Friends for Life Campaign. A cash 
     
    
   
   
    
     donation of $250 was made to the KWI from Dr. Margaret Ann Woodside. 
     
    
   
   
    
     In January 2012, the regular meeting was held at the home of Fairley and Alvin Yeo. President 
     
     Betty Sweet opened the meeting by thanking the hostess and welcoming the visitors, Karen 
     
     Spencer, Leah Harris, Susan Smallman, and Lillian Harris. Devotional was led by Verna 
     
     Smallman based on living our best life as Jesus would want in preparing for His coming. Roll 
     
     call was answered by a donation to Caring Cupboard. Visiting committee, Wanda Adams and 
     
     Orell Smallman, reported they visited two members, Freda Woodside and Helen Adams. Verna 
     
     and Joan will meet at Betty’s to plan the program books for the year. Joan gave an interesting 
     
     reading titled New is Old. Karen Spencer told a very humorous story involving a squirrel that 
     
     entered her house. Moral of the story - look before you sit. Fairley Yeo introduced guest speaker 
     
     Margaret Sweet who spoke on being a social worker in the Northern Baffin Island. She also 
     
    
   
   
    
     displayed some Inuit art. Joan thanked her. It was very informative and interesting, and 
     
    
   
   
    
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