Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
HOME NOW PART OF NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION
A R IZ MA CHI I LDREN'S ME IS AFFILIATED NOW; LOCAL COMMIT TEE FORMED TO TAKE PART IN WORK.

ciation IS now part of the National Children's Home Association.
 It is vouched for by the national organization.
 | It has the endorsement of the Rus sell Sage foundation, directed by Dr.
 Hastings Hart.
 ] It has measured up to the standard, and met the test.
 . It now begins a new chapter in its
 history.
 It is ready to say to all citizens of
 Arizona, who believe in child welfare: Here is a chance for you to help hu-
 manity in a concrete and practical way, as you may never have helped before.
 Rev. F.. D. Raley, general superin-
 tendent of the State Sunday School | Association, has been acting as State
 superintendent of the Arizona Chil
 dren's Home, in connection with his other work, since the 1st of April.
 He has just returned from Pittsburg,
 Pa, where he attended the National Convention of Children's Home work,
 at which time and place the Arizona association was received into the na- tional association.
 ! Rev. A. H. Gunnett has been carry ing on the childrcn's work in this State for Y years, in connection with
 the California home. He has done great work, and leaves clean record behind him. In February of this year, Mir. Gunnett and the California board offered to turn over to the Arizona association all of their Arizona work, and retire from the field, as soon as
 the Arizona association should be re- ceived into the national body, and se- cure a State superintendent who would
 be satisfactory to the California home. Both of these conditions have been complied with, and letter just received from the California home consummates, in happy way, the negotiations along this line.
 All wards Of the California society in Arizona are being placed under the jurisdiction of the Arizona home, and all letters pertaining to the adoption of children to be taken in Arizona should be sent direct to F.. D. Raley, l4l6 East Mckinley street, Phoenix, or to the local committee, rather than sent to the California home, since they are now all returned 10 the Ari- zona association.
 The Arizona home is located at 43O West Fifth street, Tucson, with a branch home in Phoenix. It has been in operation two years. It has hand l led 13O children. It has 3S in the home now-all but six of them only half orphans, therefore not for adop- | ton. These six for adoption are all over four years of age. The home i has placed Is children in permanent homes and has 20 applications on file at the present time for babies.
 1t costs S40O per month to run the home, most of this coming from do- nations from friends and organiza- tions over the State.
 This institution IS the only one of its kind in the State of Arizona. The compass of its work is as broad as child needs. It is our own home. We are responsible for the children of our own State. We must give every child in the State a chance to grow up into a good citizen. No child has good chance unless it has good home.
 Your money. your gifts in clothing, food. furnishings, and good will may help to give some child good home.
 This is practical charity, home mis- sionary work. It is helping the Red Cross and buying Liberty Bond. It is preparedness work in permanent and definite way.
 A local committee has been formed in Prescott, composed of the follow ing persons: Miss Carrie Stewart, Mrs. Carrie Merwin, Mrs. Tom Richards and Mrs. James Whetstine, !. E. Russell, C. F. Hogsett, Mrs. N. Levy, Mrs. Geo. C. Ruffner and Mrs. A. C. Gilmore.
 Miss Carrie Stewart, now living in Prescott, has been for l2 years field worker in the Nebraska home. and will be a valuable assistant to the local She is authorized to of icially represent the State superin- .endent in Prescott, in connection