The Calumet news., 1911-11-08
CHARITY BUREAU
WORK REVIEWED
MUCH AID RENDERED THAT CAN
NOT BE MEAS SURED BY
MONEY. PUBLIC BEcoM-
ING APPREcIATIVE.

ING APPREClATlNE.
The following statement Of the WORK
Of the Calumet Associated Charities
during the past fiscal year Of the bu-
reau. which held its annual meeting
last evening, was prepared for the in
formation OF the public by the general
secretary, Miss Frieda &. Hansen:
In looking back over the third years
work of the Associated Charities, we
find a record calculated as we believe
to encourage the friends and justify the
supporters OF this organization; calcu
lated too. TO convince the most skep-
tical as to the need of a society like
this in Calumet. There is evident on
the part Of the public an increased un-
lderstanding of the purpose and scope
OF our efforts and a growing DISPOSE
\ tion 10 remove such obstacles from
our path as would seriously hinder
/ their exercise.
| In kind our work OF the past year
has been much like that Of other years.
WIN q eAAt1AAA AAlNANdSN III AIudIAAAes w z
have had more applicants for aid and
more for work. The work has grown
a little in every line.
Public Becoming Appreeiative.
The public is coming to know and
appreciate our methods and principles
and because of this understanding and
the moral and financial backing which
goes with it, we are enabled to enter
ever broadening fields OF usefulness.
our society and its purposes are year
by year becoming better known among
the class of people we are trying 10
help and they more frequently find
their way TO us. The increase in ap-
plicants is also due to the fact that
many men are out of employment
owing to reduction of working forces
There are doubtless many other and
far reaching reasons but these have all
been factors in our work here
our aim is to be of use to The pub /.
lie TO the full extent of our power. we /
stand ready To investigate and report /
all cases brought to the attention of |
anyone and in turn brought to our at
tention. There really seems no reason /
why anyone with these means of pro-
lection should misplace his charity, .
still the fraudulent beggar reaps a good /
harvest from some.
Activities During the Year.
We want TO tell you in a general .
way something Of our activities during .
the past year 29S families have come .
to us during the year; of these 112 /
families had never before called on us
for aid, 1S6 families were old or re-
current cases. These families repre- |
sent 1,66S individuals, a good part of |
our population. 54S visits were made |
by the secretary, this does not include |
visits made by members of our Advis- |
ory Council. 627 conferences were held |
and 264 reports made TO sources. Per- /
employment was secured for |
Is persons, temporary employment for |
53. For the last six months the Office |
has been in charge of one person. nat |
lrally the number of visits is not as |
large as is desired but matters cannot |
be arranged otherwise.
During November 80 families were
given clothing from the shelves, in De-
cenlber 40, January 40, February 3S, |
March 81, April 40, May "a, June 80, |
July 80, August 26, September 80, Oc-
tOber A, a total of 441.
Many Different Types.
The types handled are many-the |
family in which both parents are liv-
ing, where the brcadwinncr is handi- |
capped by illness or injury; the aged |
who must be dealt with tenderly and |
given assistance the widows, the de- |
serted wives; divorced and separated /
unmarried mothers, single |
girls, neglected and dependent chill |
ircn, the unemployed generally, some |
so, others the victims of |
over which they have no
control. Wherever possible, we try to |
lead our applicants to self help and in
dependence.
There still remains that often re-
peated criticism that it costs our socie-
ty 60c TO administer 40c of relief.
SO far as we can learn. there never
was an association for general relief |
that escaped this charge. Considering |
the treasurer's report as the source of |
information, it certainly is true that "A |
great deal more money is shown spent |
for maintenance than for relief. Ac-
cording to that point Of view-the point J
of view Of the person who judges our
relief work entirely from our financial
statement. the Office is maintained,
rent and salaries paid for the sole pur-
pose of wisely expending 40 cents of
each dollar received. Money any or
ganizcd charity must have and no one
ever heard of charity that had
enough but it is equally certain i'm "A
well managed charity that the relief
that can be set down in dollars and
cents and put into the trcasurcr's re-
port, does not represent a half. not a
third Of the actual help given.
Aid Not Measured by Money.