Membership categories
Branch Member: A person who wishes to be active and involved in their community.
Members receive:
- Provincial newsletter
- Membership voting card
- Voting rights
- Right to hold office at any level
- Membership with FWIO, FWIC
Annual Fee: $53.00
For the following, District and Area fees may apply:
- Voting rights at District & Area levels
- Right to hold office at District & Area levels
- May attend special events
Fee Reduction: A Branch Member who is over 80 years of age (as of May 1st each fee year) receives a discounted fee and is entitled to everything a Branch Member receives.
Annual Fee: $48.00
Please Note: The fees listed above are full year (April 1 – March 31) fees; any person who joins and is new to the organization qualifies for pro-rated fees.
Membership Fee Breakdown (effective April 1, 2021)
| Members under 80 years of age | Members over 80 years of age |
Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federated Women's Institutes of Ontario (FWIO) | $41.50 | $36.50 | |
| Federated Women’s Institutes of Canada (FWIC) | $5.00 | $5.00 | |
| Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) | $0.25 | $0.25 | Pennies for Friendship |
| Liability Insurance | $2.50 | $2.50 | $5,000,000 coverage |
| Erland Lee (Museum) Home | $3.75 | $3.75 | |
| TOTAL | $53.00 | $48.00 |
An Associate Member is classified as belonging to the FWIO Branch. They are Members who do not belong to a particular Branch but would like to share in the exchange of information, support the organization and participate occasionally.
Associate Members receive:
- Provincial newsletter
- Membership voting card
- Membership with FWIO, FWIC
Annual Fee: $53.00
- For the following, District and Area fees may apply:
- Voting rights at District & Area levels
- Right to hold office at District & Area levels
- May attend special events
Please Note: The fees listed above are full year (July 1 – June 30) fees; any person who joins and is new to the organization qualifies for pro-rated fees.
Alumni Membership: An Alumni Member is a Branch Member who is over 85 years of age (as of May 1st each fee year) has completed twenty (20) years of membership with FWIO and would like a more social WI Membership. Alumni Members are not eligible to hold office.
Alumni Branch Members receive:
- Provincial newsletter
- An Alumni voting card
- Voting rights at Branch
- May attend special events
- Access to the Members Section of the FWIO website
- Mentor for active Members (if they choose)
- Membership is for FWIO only
Annual Fee: $32.00
Life Membership: Granted to an active Branch Member in good standing who has completed twenty-five (25) years of membership in FWIO, including Junior WI. An honour status for a Member who has shown herself to be an outstanding volunteer in her Branch, going above and beyond the normal expectations of a Member. A Life Member receives a certificate & badge, which indicates to other Members the status recognition she has received from her Branch*. They must be a Branch Member to receive this status award and are entitled to receive the same as a Branch Member:
- Provincial newsletter
- Membership voting card
- Voting rights
- Right to hold office at any level
- Membership with FWIO, FWIC
Annual Fee: see Branch Member
For the following, District and Area fees may apply:
- Voting rights at District & Area levels
- Right to hold office at District & Area levels
- May attend special events
*To award someone with a Life Membership, Branches may complete an application form and send the appropriate payment to the FWIO Provincial Office. Please note that the cost is on top of the individual's annual membership fee.