THE future of the South Australian Country Women's Association is looking strong with a resurgence of member numbers across the state.
SACWA state president Linda Bertram said there had been a number of new branches that had opened, with mostly younger members.
"There has been a very recent trend of young people joining and new branches," she said.
One of the areas where the organisation has made its biggest incursion is in metropolitan areas.
Two years ago a new Adelaide evening branch was started at the state office on Dequetteville Terrace, Kent Town.
Adelaide branch secretary Pixie Stardust said the new metropolitan branch was made-up of mostly younger working women.
She is also the webmaster of the state website.
Fellow Adelaide SACWA member Kerry Henderson said the organisation had undergone a revival and these new branches reflected that.
"We do still have branches (that hold meetings) during the day but we found a lot of women were working from 9am to 5pm and couldn't go to day meetings," she said.
"The new generation of the CWA want to meet differently."
However CWA traditions were still evident.
Sevenhill branch member Catie Bartholomaeus said the origins of the association as a platform for connecting were still in place.
"The CWA originally formed so people could connect with each other," she said.
"People come together and raise money for charity.
"It's an amazing organisation, just phenomenal.
"I'm still blown away with the $65,000 raised at the Country Café at the (Royal Adelaide) Show."
Catie said Sevenhill was quite small but still had a strong membership of 53.
"It shows people out there want to get together and make a difference," Catie said.
