The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-29
Outing Work in Other States.

Minnesota Sunshiners are not the
only ones who have chosen outing work
as one Of the distinctive features. Louis
lana will next month open a new outing
home costing. $500, the guests of
which are charged nominal board.
Connecticut is another state where the
sunshiners are doing a vast amount of
good in making the long hot summers
happier and pleasanter for the poor
and needy. Mrs. Lucy P. Andrews, the
state president, sends glowing accounts
of all the sunshiners have accomplished.
She writes that it would be difficult to
tell all that is done, as there are 10000
members in her state and she thinks all
are working. The work was started by
individual effort, but now the different
branches thruout the state contribute
towards its support. Last year the
New Haven branch paid for fifty-fou
children to attend the summer schools
and Fairgrounds, besides furnishing
clothing. games and hammocks. This
year the branch expects to double that
number. Boarding places were OBJ
tanned in the country at greatly re:
dueed rates, where tired women and
children can rest for several weeks at
o time in pleasant farmhouses, where
they are treated as guests Of honor
Trolley rides and picnics are given all
thru the summer, with days at the sea-
shore for inland people. The New
Haven branch has been offered the use
of a cottage, "Play RIDGE owned by
the Kings Daughters for two weeks
during the. summer to send tired ones
for rest e- !
Portland, Me-, has an organization,
tho not officially connected with the In,
ternational Sunshine society, several
of
and the work is conducted in accord
ance with the same sunshine ideas. The
work is supported by regular sub
scribers and about $500 is spent during
the season in caring for those needing
a rest and often the society. is fortu-
nate in securing free board for many.
There are many hardworking mothers
of families who cannot spare time for
more than a day of rest; to all such
tickets are given for car rides to near
by pleasure resorts and boat tickets to
the islands.
In Florida, beyond living in it all
the time, fresh air work is not a spe-
cialty, tho much of it is carried on.
The owners of the famous ostrich farm
are sunshiners and provide entertain
ment weekly at greatly reduced rates
for poor children. The Daniel Memoir.
ial Orphanage,. a Sunshine band of
twenty SIX cn1ldlen, were taken to
Pablo Beach for the summer, awaiting
the completion of their new home. Two
: private and two free kindergartens, un-
der the auspices Of Sunshine branches
are given annual picnics.
New York Sunshiners send fifteen
children every two weeks, to the fresh
air home at Bridgeport, Conn, which
is supported by Miss Miriam de For.
rest and other wealthy women of New
York. They have also a tent which is
filed all the time. Twice last season
a party Of 200 children were given q
picnic in the parks with all the good
things to eat that children love. The
children Of the Sunshine day nursery
were given days outing, as were also
the inmates of the Industrial Home for
| blind men.
Crippled children were sent to the
seashore and hundreds of mothers were
given trolley rides.<