New Britain herald., 1918-12-12
CHARITY WORKERS
 DOING MUCH GOOD
November Report Shows Wide
 Range Of Activities
gro the Directors of the New

1 was Just about OVefWhelneQ OIL l Thanksgiving Day when she was pre- scented with five Thanksgiving dinners, 1 One generous hearted individual felt 1 he could enjoy his repast far more l if he knew that the poor old lady was not forgotten so he sent q tempt | ing basket to cheer her. A young 1 woman having done a bit of friend 1 ly visiting in that neighborhood, re- | memhered her also. Two private so- l cieties having knowledge of conditions ] in that home through reports from
 neighbors, each saw that the poor l woman was amply supplied. Then her
 church, when sending holiday gifts to
 the shut-ins, planned for this same home. Each gift was sent from a l loving impulse to cheer and aid 1 each giver thought of course no one l else knew of the family,-each gift
 was sent without thought of organ 1 ized giving.
 Someone else was sighted that Thanksgiving,-som children 1 went hungry when four other fami- 1 lies might have been cheered and 1 helped.
 l Do you know why this rarely oc- l CUTS nowadays?
 Thanksgiving Donations. l For several years the New Britain l Charity Organization has been glad to serve the public by offering itself as ! a center of communication or clearing 1 house. Churches and private societies 1 compare families at the Charity Or ! ganization office often finding the same name on more than one list. l Thus readjustments are made and 1 Implications avoided. From the large l number of families known to the 1 Charity Organization (not alone be- 1 cause of aid given but from their l knowledge of all societies and social workers in the city) one by one names l are dropped when handled by some other group. Out of tho numbers left, for whom no provision has been l made. single families are suggested to friends and individuals who telephone or call stating their desire to carry or send 0 dinner to some one less for tunate than themselves. For those remaining on the list, dinners are pur- l chased at the local markets, either | chargeable by request to those carry ! ing accounts, or are purchased direct l ly by the Charity Organization with l money left at the office for that pur- l pose by interested individuals. Thus 1 do we try to plan, and avoid all un- necessary duplication so that no one 1 in need of additional food and good
 cheer shall be overlooked.
 You wish to give but know not just l the best place for your gift-we know ] where it will be most welcome and ! during this holiday season when
 hearts are big with joy of giving, we 1 hold out our hands to receive, in order
 to pass the happiness along. The
 Thanksgiving dinners sent by the
 Charity Organization all went to l homes of widows or where continued
 illness or recent death made it seem l advisa b1e.
 Homes Shattered by the recent
 epidemic, and health still depleted in
 many cases, have all through Novem-
 Der, as well as the preceding month
 enlarged the work of the Charity Or
 ganization.
 With the aid of volunteer work
 done by several members of the
 Social Workers Conference this Or
 ganization has become acquainted
 with conditions in nearly 200 homes
 where one or both parents have died
 since October first
 Question of Aiding Unfortumates.
 We have ascertained how many ! children are bereft of parents, what
 provision has been made for their
 immediate care, and what for the
 future. We have supplied emergency
 help till the fathers are able to return
 to work. Mothers left widows have
 been aided in readjusting living con-
 ditions; have been supplied tempo
 rarily with food and fuel, till they
 can obtain work and become self
 supporting; mothers with convales- ] cent babies have been referred to the ] Welfare Station, and fathers slowly
 recovering their strength after a
 severe attack of pneumonia have been
 sent to the Tuberculosis Clinic.
 Requests for clothes for the new
 little one who has come to the
 widowed mother; anxious appeals tc
 arrange funeral plans for an older
 child, attempts to calm the charged
 atmosphere when family suuab bbIes
 have been rampant; serious talks with
 wayward girls, who dislike to work l and who long for excitement: pur ! chasing and sending warm clothins
 to a lad in a Sanitorium; supplyins
 another bright boy with glasses anc 1 eye examination so that he may f1nisI
 school; even sewing buttons on we, < tots coat when mother was too shift 4 less, or lacking the necessary eqiup X ment,-all combined has meant ex x ceedingly busy days during Novem Der \ During the past month we hav found twenty-one new families requir ing our supervision in some way, an' N have come in contact with eighty eight others whom we have knowl z before. Thanksgiving dinners wer s supplied through Charity Organiza a tion channels, aside from those re 8 membered by the various churtha A and societies, to the number thirty # nine. The entire number of visit made by the Charity Organizatio agent and visitor, were POS, eleve