The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-12-16
NO OVERLAP PIPING
IN CHARITY WORK
One Basket for Every Poor
Family, but Nobody Will
Get Two.
BETTER SYSTEM USED NOW
Associated Charities Take s
Charge of Big Problem at
Holiday Time.

To the end that no needy family in
Richmond shall be without cheering
christmas basket, tho Associated Char
tiles has constituted itself q clearing
mouse for Christmas gtyers. and Is
working under high pressure to tabu-
late and assign to the varioua bodies
ana individuals that are cooperating
% need Outside tne nf hep t aoe,s who win
holiday. Tho system aims to elIm!nat to
wasteful duplication, which, in former
years. often resulted In one family re-
other mono. That this overlapping Is
quite common was evident from n list
submitted to Superintendent Buchanan
Yesterday yesIa by a well-known charitable
nine names occurring moro than once
May Join in Work.
Every organization in the city which
sends out baskets during the holidays
has submitted lists of It's proteges to
Headquarters at tho Associated Charl-
ties. Hero the separate lists are being
,abuiated and compared. and revised
l Lists. containing only those names
other organizations will be sent hack
TO the bodies submitting them. who
VIII use, them as guide for their
lowed with the several hundreds OF In
dividuals who have volunteered to take
care OF limited number and with the
thirty or more churches which are CO.
n.
these lists have been assigned the AS
ISOLATED Charities will take care Of all
needy families that still remain.
IN this manner Christmas giving Is
peaters" reduced to a minimum. Be-
sides churches ana individuals, the fol-
lowing organizations are cooperating
IN the work: salvation Army. st. Annes
News Lender Santa Claus Club, EIks.
Nurses settlement Methodist Insti-
tute. Lee Camp: u. C. ", and tho local
e. e. spter Of the United Daughters Of
Inmates the total number of families
to be provided for this year at 1000.
Needs $4,000 Next Year.
q a special letter OF appeal was mailed
day. signed by a special committee
composed OF Henry Leo Valentine
G Chairman n J John stewart Bryan and
the Associated Charities has ceased to
be an experiment In Richmond. and
mas become recognized institutions
ana that; as. a result OF its efforts,
charity has been made cfrective: pro
fessional begging has been discour
aged; struggling men and women have
been helped to help themselves, and
families about. to break up have been
kept together"
Despite tho fact. II continues, that
this work has cost only half as much
In money, labor. self-sacrifce and per-
sonar service as that spent by Rich
mond people before tho Associated
Charities was formed. 1t is Handicapped
through lack of fundS To carry on
the work next year $4,000 is needed.
The appeal through the press. made
more than month ago. did not pioet
with the response expected and n
deficit Of $1,000 for the past year still
remains to he met
Summary of Activities.
Tho summary of the different kinds
or services. performed by the Asso-
eiated Charities between the dates No
vember I. 1910, and October 81 1911,
reveals the extent and character OF its
activities. During this period e,Ei6
applications for aid were received and
attended to. The number OF families
helped was 594; number of bods sup
pied, $3.50; number OF meals supplied,
l5,231: number OF Provident Fund cases
OF help In special distress, $50; mum
her of records of white families nIed.
2.72l:. records Of new white families
hled during the year, 14S.
The number OF pints OF milk aistri-
buted was 1854: bundles Of clothing
given. Lars; loads of fuel, TSa; posi-
tions secured, 253; pairs OF shoes given,
l43; bags of groceries, 3,1S2; transpor,
tation furnished, 200: days. work given
In exchange for help. 1910; and num-
Der of special Investigations and re-
ports, 1902.