Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-03
UGGESTS CHRISTMAS GIVING
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES PLANS
REAL BENEFIT TO NEEDY.
Ready to Give Advice and Make In
vestigations-Stated Aim of
the Organization.

The Associated Charities announces it
is anxious that Christmas this year shall
be season of real benefit to the needy
people O the District of Columbia-a time
of good cheer and happiness and peace to
every one Making public its plan, the
Associated Charities says:
9TH generously inclined are anxious
that their gifts go to people that will be
benefited by them. The Associated
Charities is ready and most earnestly
desires to bring to these generous people
the needy ones whom they desire to as
sist. Unless there is some plan there Is
bound to be imposition. People who are
absolutely undeserving will be given to,
and eminently worthy needy people will
be neglected. The Assoc .ated Charities
has heard of families that were busy
receiving Christmas dinners and 81 is and
hiding them away that they postponed
the celebration of Christmas until the
18th. We have also heard of families that
were in absolute need and want who suf-
fared because Of the greediness of these
others, who were helped VIII n they need
ed no help There is a simple way to
save charitable resources and to AVOID
iniurng tn. character-a way that will see
that every needy family is supplied
ii plan that VIII prevent the humi ation
of the most sensitive of people. VIII not
each individual organization agree to the
Simple plan here proposed?
Proposes a Plan.
Each organiza ion o individual dis
tributer is invited to I'd to the general
office of the Associated Charities d con-
| l.dential list of all the peop e for whom 1t
IS proposed that holiday gifts shall be
provided Two special card catalogues
Will be made. one classifying TIL pro-
posed beneficiaries by name and the other
by their street address. This double
classification will meet the difficulty
which arts s from incorrect sp Ling of
the families names or ON the fact that
the same fami y may be reported under
Wo or three different Surnames.
on the card which stands 70. each
family will be noted the names of the or
CARNATIONS who propose to supply its
needs. When one family is repor. ed by
several agencies it will b. assigned to
the one first reporting, and ali others in
terested will be notified that the family
is already provided for
"Whenev this assignment to the first
proposed helper is not entirely satisfac-
tory to all the agencies concerned, o.
whenever this holiday dup ication sug-
Sests that srmanent b neflts to the fam
lily in question would result from some
mutual understanding between the vari-
Gus charities that have reported the fam
lily then the association will ~ndeavor to
bring these agencies into communication
With each other.
Records to Be Destroyed.
These holiday lists will be kept entire.
~ separate from the ordinary permanent
case records of the Associated Charities.
Every name reported at Christmas time
VIII be forgotten and it's filing card de-
stroyed soon as the holiday work is
completed, unless the individual or So
ciety that reports the family shall We
specific permission to the ASSociat ted
Charities to preserve a permanent record.
'''fhe most ansitive worthy and re-
fined antilles may be report to the
association with perfect assurance that