Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1917-06-16
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN.
A National Campaign win Be Conduct
ed Next Week to Raise Funds
'os Red Cross Work.

1t can be done, it must be done,
it shall be done, is the spirit in
which the State of Wisconsin is go
ing about its task of raising ST.
500 600 for the American Red Gross
during the week of June is to IS.
Practically every village, as we'll as
every city of the state, is being or
ganized for participation in the
most intensive campaign that Wis
consin has ever known. And this
state wide movement is but part of
the general campaign throughout
the entire United States, the object
of which is to raise the S1OO, 600, -
600 war fund which will be requir-
ed for hospital and relief work this
year.
Thousands of the most promi-
nent business and professional men
i'll the state will give their entire
time during campaign week, as
we'll as large financial donations, to
the raising of the fund, The city
OF Milwaukee proposes to raise at
least 100000, and those in charge
of the campaign predict that the
contributions will exceed this sum.
For the balance of its share in the
Sl00, 600, 600 fund, Wisconsin is
depending on the smaller cities and
on the large rural population.
The unique features which will
make the campaign a distinctive
one in the history of the state, are
the magnitude of it and the fact
that every community will be work
ing under what has come to be
known as the Y NJ c. A. plan,
adapted to meet local conditions.
1t will be the htst experience Of
many communities in raising money
III this way.
Both the University of Wiscon-
sin Extension Division and the
Wisconsin Anti-TuberCuloSis AsSo-
citation are loaning their organiza-
tions to the Red Cross TO assist in
promoting the campaign, the dis
triCt representative of the Univer-
sity Extension Division serving as
district directors of the campaign.
In each district the local Red Cross
chapters are given the responsible
" of organizing the communities
in their jurisdiction, and the same
general plan of organization is be
ing followed so that the smallest
city in the state will be working
along practically the same lines as
Milwaukee, where a force of 200
of the leading professional and bus
mess men of the city, headed by
Fred A. Nogel, president of the
First National Bank, have enlisted
as active Campaigners.
This general plan includes the
appointment by each community
of an executive committee of FIVE
influential men who have entire
charge OF conducting the campaign
and Of the appointment of sub
committees. The executive COM
mittee also chooses a prominent
business man as the Campa gn man
ager, and he in turn appoints a
number of team captains, this num-
ber depending on the size of the
community and the territory to be
covered. The team captains en-
roll the numbers of their teams.
For the larger cities, ten teams OF
ten men each are suggested.
The campaign will open stimuli
taneously all over the state with a
dinner for the workers in each
community on Monday evening
June l8, and close with a dinner on
Monday evening, June 25 Daily
luncheons OF dinner meetings at
which reports OF the progress OF
the campaign will be made will be
held during the campaign week
The Sunday preceding the open
ing OF the campaign. is Bunker
Hill day, and clergymen through
out the state will be asked to make
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