Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1918-02-27
Facts About The Red Cross.
and Junior Auxiliary
Organizations.

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Yours Is the Northern Division com
pr1s1ng Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota and Montana.
Northern Division headquarters are
at 202 Essex Building, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
Northern Division manager is Mr.,
Frank I. Heffelfnger.
The affairs of the Red Cross under
each division are administered from
Division Headquarters.
In each Division the Red Cross is
organized into Chapters. Each Chap.
ter, with a few exceptions, has juris-
d1ct1on over county. The Chapter Is
the basic unit. It has its own Exec
ut1ve Committee and officers to carry
out the policies of the Division Head
quarters. The Chapter establishes
workrooms, dispenses relief and car
ries on all membership and money
campaigns. The Chapter have under
their jurisdiction these subsidiary or
ganizations:
Branches,
Auxiliaries,
School Auxiliarles.
The Branch is a permanent body In
| charge of Red Cross work in a Dor
ton of the Chapters territory.
The Auxiliary is a temporary unit
to place the workroom within the con-
venience of the workers.
The School Auxiliary or Junior
Membership and school activities is q
permanent body organized to enroll
school children.
JUNIOR MEMBERsa1P AND Or
GAN1ZAT1ON OF SCHOOL
AUX1LIARIES.
1 Who may join?
Boys and girls of school age at
tending public, private or paroch-
1al schools or other organized edu-
cational centers.
z What is the unit of membership?
The unit of membership is the
school and not the child. A com.
munity or district may enroll as
many school auxiliaries as It has
school buildings.
What are the membership dues?
"A fund, the equivalent Of Csc per
| each pupil enrolled in the school.
Must each child pay Csc?
NO, the membership fee is a group
matter. The school collects 4 fund
equivalent to contribution of 25c
per pupil. The money may be
raised in any manner satisfactory
to the school authorities.
5 Must a school pay the required
dues before it becomes an Aux
| Hilary?
No, where the school desires Jun
1or enrolment and is unable to
raise the required sum at such
time, 1t may, pending the compile
ton OF its obligation, make a
pledge to the Chapter. This pledge
must satisfy the Chapter School
Committee that the school can do
worth while Red Cross work. The
| Chapter may accept such pledge
for service and carry or continue
I as an obligation the amount of I'm.
paid Junior Membership dues,
| Each Chapter will decide the con.
| ditions under which it will an.
prove pledges for School Activ.
ity The acceptance of such
pledges by the Chapter School
Committee shall be considered as
satisfactory and final.
Is What is the form of the pledge?
There is no definite wording fol
the pledge. The boys and girls
may write it themselves If they
wish. The children of Minneap.
oils took the following pledge:
Il pledge allegiance to my
FLAG and to the REPUBLIC fol
which it stands. One NATION
one LANGUAGE, one FLAG, with
LIBERTY and JUSTICE for all.
Il pledge all the service within
my power to the Junior Auxiliary
| of the American Red Cross"
IL What are the steps which the Chap
ter must take in organizing fol-
School Auxiliaries?
! (a) The Chapter Executive
i Committee appoints Chap
ter School Committee Of
i from three to five members
i Include as members of this
committee one intimately
acquainted with the organi
zation of the Red Cross, the
County Superintendent and
other persons preferably ed
ucators who are familiar
with school organization and
needs. This committee sub
ject to the direction of the
Chapter shall have genera
supervision over all Schoo
Auxiliaries under the juris
| diction of the Chapter.
co. Branches may likewise ap
point a committee of three
to be known as the Branch
: School Committee which
subject to Chapter Schoo
, mittee supervision
shall have Jurisdiction owe
: all School Auxiliaries with
In the territory of tn,
r Branch. At least one mem
, Der of the Branch Schoo
5 Committee shall be super
, 1ntendent, principal O
: teacher
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