Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
Mrs. Paynter has been a loyal member of The Royal Canadian Legion since 1962. She was a member of the Branch "Sick and Visiting Committee" for 12 years. A fine representative of ex-service women, she provides them with guidance and champions their recognition. Her advocacy earned women the right to parade back to the Branch upon conclusion of the Remembrance Day ceremony and established a number of other "firsts" for female Veterans. Mrs. Paynter became the first woman to serve as Honourary President of Branch No. 1 and of the Prince Edward Island Provincial Command. She has been associated with several community organizations, including the Poppy Campaign, Meals on Wheels, the Red Cross, the Women's Institute, the Mentally and Physically Challenged and the Prince Edward Island Addiction Foundation, through which she helped form an Auxiliary for the Alcoholism Treatment Centre. At present, she is President of the Women's Auxiliary for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, an Assistant Director of Local 19 of the Prince Edward Island Government Retirees and a member of the Seniors Active Living Centre.