We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes (Lincoln)

This award-winning documentary film shows how 40,000 young women helped win the Second World War by working on Canadian farms!
About this Event

We Lend a Hand: The Forgotten Story of Ontario Farmerettes is a 50 minute documentary film that tells the extraordinary story of the 40,000 young women who volunteered on Canadian farms and helped win the Second World War.

Now is your time to see on the big screen the film that's selling out everywhere and has won awards for Best Documentary, Best Documentary Short, Best Canadian Documentary, and Best Film About Women.

Don't miss the chance to buy your ticket and enjoy a magnificent event featuring the ones who taught us that: Service comes in many forms.

Author Bonnie Sitter and filmmaker Colin Field will speak briefly and there will be an opportunity to purchase copies of the book Onion Skins and Peachfuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes.

Location: Lincoln Community Hub (formerly Beamsville District Secondary School)

Following the film please join the Ontario Heritage Trust — hosted by the Town of Lincoln — at 2:15 pm as they unveil a provincial plaque to honour the Farmerettes. The plaque will then be installed nearby following the ceremony in Charles Daley Park.
NOTE: If you plan to stay for the plaque unveiling, please RSVP [email protected]

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Agenda

🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Doors open
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Film Screening and Q&A
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:15 PM
Short Break
🕑: 02:15 PM - 04:30 PM
Unveiling of historical plaque, and installation