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Meet the Committee

from left to right they are: Joyce Fisher- Carole Farries - Carole Temple - Jenny Moore (Treasurer) - Jeanette Sidgwick (President) - Maggie Tasker - -Brenda Bates -Margaret Warne - Daphne Williams - Margaret Lale ( Back) Phyllis Howland - Rose Wylie - Chris Moore ( Secretary).

THE STROOD WOMEN’S INSTITUTE is based on Mersea Island, and is a lovely Evening WI with about 95 members. Our monthly meetings are held at the British Legion Hall, Barfield Road, West Mersea at 7.30pm, normally on the 4th Wednesday of the month. However, in August we have a ‘Guest’ Evening when Husbands and Friends may come along, and in December our Christmas Party takes place; both of these normally take place in different venues.

As well as our monthly meetings, we have the following “Clubs” which are friendly meetings/get togethers, and provide a good opportunity to get to know other members:-
Cinema Club (During the winter months). Showings of popular films are held in member’s homes (refreshments served).
Gardening Club (During the summer months). Some members invite others to have a look around their gardens, over a morning coffee or an afternoon cup of tea.
Luncheon Club Most months, lunches are organised for members, and take place at a local pub or restaurant.
Monday Club Members meet on the Monday evening following the monthly WI meeting, in the home of one of our members. We may have a craft demonstration, or perhaps a short talk on an interesting topic.
Walking Club These are generally held every month. Walks are of differing lengths to suit the preferences of the members participating.
Other events include:-
        Coach trips to various places of interest
        Outings, where some members drive and liaise and offer lifts in their cars to other members.
        Strawberry teas and coffee mornings held in member’s homes and Gardens.
For those who are good at arts and crafts or cake-making, there’s the annual “County Show” organised by the federation of Essex WI’s.
There’s also an annual get-together meeting with some other local WIs (the Roman River Group), which includes entertainment and light refreshments.

We welcome visitors along to our meetings, but we do ask them to make a donation of £2.50.

PROGRAMME 2009
			Competition
Feb 25th	THE DANCING YEARS	Carole Wheatley	A Fridge Magnet
March 25th	SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW	From Thomson & Morgan	A Pot Plant
April 22nd	MEMBERS MEETING
May 27th	RESOLUTION AND A DUMB AUCTION		A Coaster Mat
June 3rd	OUTING MYSTERY TOUR
June 24th	THE PALACE OF KNIGHTSBRIDGE	William R. F Jones	A Small Picture/Photo Frame
July 22nd	A JOURNEY INTO PRINT	Patrick Forsyth	A Journey into Print
August 5th	GUEST EVENING at East Mersea Village Hall Please bring your own cutlery, glass & drink
Sept 23rd	DAY TO DAY WORK OF MERSEA'S POLICE COMMUNITY SUPPORT OFFICER	Speaker – To Be Advised	A Bookmark
October 28th	ANNUAL MEETING & HARVEST FESTIVAL With WI Advisor (please bring your own cutlery)	Kay Lodge	A Small Autumn arrangement in a mug
November 25th	The Globe Theatre & London Blue Badge Guide	Colin Street	A Theatre or Show Programme
December 9th	CHRISTMAS PARTY (at the M.I.C.A Centre)		A Christmas Verse