JULY 2025
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OUR PEOPLE, OUR COMMUNITIES, OUR STORIES
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 7
Book Views
Providing Beds for Children
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Summer Art
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Fresh Stories and Fresh Air Q&A with
RUTH ANNE ROBINSON BY KRISTEN LAWSON
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he Hillsborough Women’s Institute partnered with the Town of Riverview and Village of Fundy Albert to provide two new storybook trails this summer. This is the second year that kids and families can follow the trail to read a whole book in Manchester Park, and the third in Gray Brook Ponds. We reached out to HWI volunteer Ruth Anne Robinson, who organizes the project, to learn more:
Q: Tell me about the Hillsborough Women's Institute. A: It's an organization that has been active for over a hundred years. It began in Ontario and has spread across Canada and across the world. The woman who started it lost a child to milk that was not pure, and she wanted to teach women how to feed their families. The original aim was
to teach women better homemaking skills, but then it spread to teaching women anything that they needed for their community. Their mission statement says that they want to help relieve poverty, improve health and safety, improve education for all and to enhance life skills and to promote community connections and cultural pride.
Q: There are two storybook trails, right? A: Yes, this year and last year we've had two. It's one of our ways of getting our name out in the community and one of our ways of giving kids an opportunity to read and learn how important it is to read. Continued on page 3
Chandra Smith and Cheryl Conway attaching a board on the Hillsborough Book Trail.
Thank You
for 34 great years!
1991-2025
358 Coverdale Road, Riverview