British Columbia Old Age Pensioners Organization - Mission Branch 28
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British Columbia Old Age Pensioners Organization - Mission Branch 28
Friends of Hatzic Rock Society
Hatzic Ratepayers' Association
Lioness Club of Mission and District
Lions Club of Mission and District
Mission Agricultural Association
Mission and District Garden Club
The Mission and District Garden Club was established in 1965 to provide education in horticulture and to exhibit garden produce.
Mission City Women's Institute
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
Mission Committee for Quality Childcare
Mission Concert and Recital Society
Mission District Historical Society
Mission Downtown Business Association
Mission Folk Music Festival Society
Mission Friends of the Library
Mission High Grad 1953 Reunion Committee
Mission Indian Friendship Centre Society