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Authority recordMission Folk Music Festival Society
- 0333
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Steelhead Community Association
- 0330
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- 0324
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- 0295
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- 1920-
In 1920, a group of women banded together and formed the “Memorial Hospital Auxiliary” to support, enhance and promote health care in our community through volunteering and fundraising.
Through their efforts and innovative services and programs, the Auxiliary has played an integral role in the establishment, construction, and furnishing of Mission’s hospitals (est. 1920, 1925, and 1965).
Among their most outstanding fundraising efforts were “May Days” which they inaugurated in 1921 to provide revenue for the hospital and which went on to become a Mission institution.
Over the decades, the Auxiliary has also developed programs and services for patients, staff and the community, including: a hospital gift shop, a thrift store, ambulatory day care, and assisting long term care facilities.
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Mission Concert and Recital Society
- 0265
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- 0212
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- 0210
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- 0207
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- 0203
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Royal Purple Mission City No. 30
- 0202
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Mission District Historical Society
- 0200
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- 0198
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- 0196
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- 0194
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- 0193
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Mission Japanese Canadian Exhibit Committee
- 0185
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- 0182
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- 0181
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- 1932-1984
The Pacific Cooperative Union was established in 1932 to help farmers process and sell their fruit. The cooperative's members, many of Japanese descent, came from throughout the Fraser Valley. The Cooperative established its main plant in Mission, B.C., first processing berries and later vegetables and jam. The Cooperative ceased operations in 1973 and was formally dissolved in 1984.
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- Person
- 1916-1972
James (Jimmy) Gunn was born in New Westminster. He worked for the Motor Vehicle Branch of the B.C. Provincial Police and was transferred to Mission City in 1945. Gunn was active in a variety of community service and sports groups and headed a project under the auspices of the local Rotary Club to construct the first public swimming pool in Mission. He is most noted for being the founder of the Mission City Soap Box Derby, an annual event which ran from 1947 to 1973.
Nicomen Island Women's Institute
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- 1947-
Nicomen Island Women's Institute was established in 1947 and served Nicomen Island in the Fraser River east of Mission.
Mission Memorial Centre Society
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- 1973-1989
The Mission Memorial Centre Society was incorporated in 1973 to promote and coordinate social services in the District of Mission. The Society operated the Mission Memorial Centre, previously the Mission Memorial Hospital building. The Society was dissolved in 1989.
Lions Club of Mission and District
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Lioness Club of Mission and District
- 0166
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Mission City Women's Institute
- 0164
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- 1910-1995
The Mission Women's Institute was established in 1910. Its first activity was sending blankets and parcels to soldiers serving overseas in World War I. As the chief organizer of the civilian war effort in Mission, MWI also made thousands of jars of jam, knitted garments and packed tobacco for men overseas. The MWI sold patriotic buttons and organized concerts and a play to raise money for the overseas aircraft fund and hospitals. It formed the first public lending library in Mission and brought the first public health nurse to Mission to start the first baby clinic. It organized the first tag day to start the building of Pleasant View Home. It participated in numerous fundraising efforts and community movements to establish and maintain the Mission Memorial Hospital. In 1925, it donated a new bandstand to the Mission City Community Brass Band. In 1945, it made five quilts for Russian relief. It regularly made donations to the Red Cross and the Salvation Army. It held baby contests and an annual flower show for at least fifteen years, the fifteenth show being in June 1931. In 1918, it donated fruit and vegetables to the Rescue Home in Vancouver. In 1921, it offered night classes in sewing, dressmaking, millinery and bookkeeping. In 1949, it made donations to the Queen Alexandra Solarium Junior League, Conquer Cancer, and the Mission Film Council. Affiliated with the Agricultural Board, it often used the Agricultural Hall for meetings and other gatherings. It was funded by a small annual government group. The purpose of members was to serve "home and country". After 85 years of existence, members voted on October 23, 1995 to go into abeyance. MWI funds were donated to Mission Transition House children's program
New Horizons Lawn Bowling Society
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Fraser Valley Bald Eagle Festival Society
- 0162
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- 1998-
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Fraser Valley Marine Association
- 0158
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