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Become a Member of IODE

IODE women are Interested, Organized, Determined and Enthusiastic.

IODE members feel needed and valued. Welcome! As a member, you will get a chance to become more involved in your community.

IODE women have FUN!  Long-time IODE members agree that involvement is key to getting the most out of membership. The chapter is where most of IODE members’ meaningful service work is carried out.  

IODE gives back to communities through education, social service and citizenship programs with a special emphasis on children and literacy. 
 
IODE offers a sense of purpose because one person can make a difference in someone’s life with just a few hours a month as you work with other women to meet needs in your community. What IODE members’ get out of IODE depends largely on what they put into it.

IODE needs your gifts of time and talent.   You can serve others through your vocation and exercise high principles.

IODE experience allows you to develop new skills and abilities and attain valuable experience for employment. 

IODE members are encouraged to volunteer for leadership roles at the chapter level and beyond.

IODE will give you new friends in your community and across Canada. 
 
IODE membership creates important networking contacts. 

Volunteering is good for the heart and the soul.

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"Through IODE we do make a difference. As members we are that kind of people. As I travelled across Canada meeting with members, I repeatedly quoted Maya Angelou, who understands the motivation that drives the kind of women who are IODE. She wrote: "To make a difference is not a matter of accident, a matter of casual occurrence of the tides. People choose to make a difference." As IODE members, we all do.

Two essential elements of IODE have impressed me over time: members and programs. I joined IODE as my mother and grandmother had done before me. As I joined my primary chapter, IODE Kathleen Drope, I was initially drawn by the warm, concerned, committed members and worthwhile programs I could see at work in our local community. I know that this is an experience on joining that many of us share and it's what we continue to appreciate about our membership in IODE. Through my primary chapter as I began to experience the larger IODE community and program focus, I recognized that the whole of IODE was much larger than the sum of its parts. Together members in diverse parts of the country make a significant difference quickly in times of need.

When I worked with IODE Toronto Municipal as Education Officer, I was again welcomed by women of impressive camaraderie and commitment whose program orientation met wider community needs in services, education and citizenship. The same level of dedication and friendship held true during my term with the IODE Children's Hospital at North York General Hospital. On joining the National Officers, initially as Echoes Officer, I was not at all surprised to find myself once again knee deep in inspiring women, each freely volunteering her time and talents to serve and support not just IODE programs but also members."

Catherine Moore
IODE Canada National President 
National Annual Meeting 
Halifax, Nova Scotia , May 2011

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  • Welcome
    • From the desk of the National President Jane Cushing 2022 >
      • From the desk of the National President Carol McCall 2019-2022
    • 122nd National Annual Meeting
    • Express News & Press Releases
  • Education
    • IODE War Memorial Scholarship Application >
      • 2022 IODE War Memorial Scholarship Award Recipients
      • IODE War Memorial Scholarship - Past Recipients
    • IODE Violet Downey Book Award Recipients >
      • 2022 Violet Downey - Short List
    • IODE 100th Anniversary Grant Program >
      • ​Past Award Winning Programs
    • IODE Labrador Bursary Application >
      • IODE Labrador Recipients
    • IODE Ursula E. Bangs Awards in Cardiology Recipients
    • IODE Silence to Sound Award McGill University Recipients
    • IODE Montreal Children's Hospital Bursary for Nursing Recipients
    • IODE Joan Butler Award in Perinatal Intensive Care Nursing Recipients
    • IODE Wilhelmina Gordon Foundation Scholarship Queen's University Recipients
    • IODE National Theatre School of Canada Recipients
    • IODE Canada's National Ballet Award Recipients
  • Community Service
    • IODE Snack Pack Program
    • IODE Snack Pack Shop to Give Campaign >
      • IODE Shop to Give Instructions
    • IODE Canadian Disaster Fund
  • Citizenship
    • 2022 IODE RCMP Community Service Award
    • Supporting Canada's Armed Forces
  • Membership
    • Who is IODE
    • ​Alumni Chapter and E-Chapter
    • Become a Member
    • Badge of Membership
    • ECHOES >
      • ECHOES Submission Form
      • ECHOES 2022
      • ECHOES 2021
      • ECHOES 2020
      • ECHOES 2019
      • ECHOES 2018
      • ECHOES 2017
      • ECHOES 2016
      • ECHOES 2015
      • ECHOES 2014
      • ECHOES 2013
      • ECHOES 2012
      • ECHOES 2011
      • ECHOES 2009 & 2010
      • ECHOES 2007 & 2008
    • IODE Member Resources
    • IODE Express News - Subscribe Now
  • Contact Us
    • National Chapter in Session
    • IODE Chapter Directory
    • IODE in Yukon
    • IODE in British Columbia >
      • IODE British Columbia Arts Award
    • IODE in Alberta >
      • IODE Alberta Coronation Bursaries
      • IODE Alberta Master's Bursary
    • IODE in Saskatchewan
    • IODE in Manitoba
    • IODE in Ontario
    • IODE in Quebec
    • IODE in New Brunswick
    • IODE in Nova Scotia
    • IODE in Prince Edward Island
  • About Our Work
    • National Presidents
    • Support IODE
    • Together for Tomorrow
    • Our Contribution to Canada and the World