The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-09-21

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/ The report of the Manager of tn
Associated Charities of Hawaii give
an interesting illustration of this lat
ter method, where she speaks of thu
encouragement she has met with il
dealing with families,-how as tn.
years go by, her calls, which ar,
neighborly in character and which give
her the opportunity. after having wor
confidence, of giving advice sympathy
and encouragement, combined doubt
less, often with criticism and censure
gradually result in the uplifting of the
family in those qualities that make fol-
self-respect, family spirit, independ.
ence and good citizenship.
1t is we'll for the public to know
somewhat of the object of the Associ-
ated Charities, from the work done in
the seven years since it's organization
1t is a business enterprise, mainly to
do the investigating of cases for all
of the charitable organizations affili-
ated with it, and to make a record of
such cases for the use of such organi-
cations to refer the cases to the So
ciety to which they may properly be-
long;-to distribute such funds as may
be placed in the hands of the man
relief of such cases of need as are
the proper recipients of assistance from
such societies;-to distribute such
funds as may be placed in the hands
of the manager by private beneficence
or may be voted from the funds Of
the Associated Charities for emergen-
cy relief; to receive and investigate
applications for assistance; and to
make repeated visits to individuals
and families that are receiving assist
ance, both by way of keeping in touch
with them for the sake of keeping fully
Informed of their condition, and for
affording such counsel as may be call
ed for under the circumstances of each
case
Some of the work is referred to by
the manager in her last annual report
as follows:
"Organized work for five consecu-
tive years has placed our poor who
require regular and continuous relief,
on the books of the affiliating societies;
they receive their regular allowance
and have no further need to apply at
the office. Those who had friends in
the States or prospective homes there
have been assisted to reach them. OF
the original list made FIVE years ago,
25 have been sent to the Home for In
curables, and % have passed away.
The floating population, the thousands
who never belonged here, have return
ed to their homes, or have gone else
where. Sailors are not coming in as
great numbers as formerly, and it
seems that the poor who now apply |
are, and have been, residents of these
Stands for many years, with few ex- |
:eptions. The number of recurrent |
&c, li... 1
people who only occasionally need as
'istance, are helped to make a fresh |
start, and go on, Independent for |
while
Something Of the business value of |
his work is emphasized by the follow
ng quotation from the managers last
nnual report:
In order to prevent an overlapping
f relief, it is necessary that we should
now what the various societies are
Ding There are about $50 names on
ecord in the office books, of people
Tho have asked for relief there, and
MS record is open to affiliating socie-
les. But in spite of this it occasion |
Ily happens that one family viii have
ouble attention or another none, be-
ause this record was not consulted.
his is not true utilization. You can |
nd more people be helped when the I
entral Office is consulted; much time,
Dor and money be saved. and the re-
Its be more satisfactory to the be-
evolent and the benefciaries alike"
The Associated Charities was organ
ed in 1898. Since it began its work, 2
e Manager has received S14 original n
OBLIGATIONS for assistance and has af-
rded relief to cases represented by [
o of these applications. which relief a
Is approximately reached $500 persons. | $
many of the applications were on
count of families. The number of Of L
e calls made on the Manager dur
e this period is 5000. Funds furnish q
the Manager by the affiliated socie- G
IS and distributed by her in their
half, amounts to sT252.05. Funds re- o
fved from other sources, s16.603 81, of y
hich s3675 was received from the u
vernment between June 80, 1903, and II
me 80. 1906 all of which has been ~
pended in the expense and work of ~
e organization except the balance on
nd at the end of the fiscal year June II
1905. sS01.75. u
As showing the varying demands for !"
sfstance. I give the following state "a
INT of original applications for as II
tance: Year ending May, 1900, 15S ~
plications; 1901. ITS; 1902 2o7; 1903 ~
!: 1904. rs: 1905. 20. In the year 1902 u
len the largest number of applica- ia
ms were received, there were many n
rson temporarily in the country most IL
whom have since gone away
f the work of the Associated Chart &c
s is progressing toward the grand
,ult sought for the decrease and u
al extinction Of pauperism in this