Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-02-27
HELP THE JUNIOR RED CROSS
County Superintendent Neprud Tells
of the Big Work

The American Red Cross welcomes
the school children of the United
States into its ranks. The Junior Red
Cross is a means by which the BOYS
and girls in school can serve the whole
world. 1t is wholly fitting that the
children should have a part in loyal
services by helping the sick and suf-
fering people in Europe and in our
own country. By it, President Will
son says, they can learn to be "the
, future good citizens of this great
country which we all love"
Any public, private or parochial
school may join the Junior Red Cross.
Then all the boys and girls in the
school become members of the Amer
lean Red Cross.
To join the Junior Red Cross, d
school must first, secure the consent
of the school authorities; second, the
school must either collect dues or take
a pledge that it will earnestly do
Red Cross work; third, the school
must make formal application for
membership to the local chapter,
showing that it has collected the dues
or taken the pledge. Then, the school
becomes a School Auxiliary of the
3 Junior Red Cross and each child in
/ the school becomes a member in the
American Red Cross.
! The dues for each school are as
much money as would be collected if
each child in the school gave % cents.
/ The whole school collects and pays
| the dues all together. The money
may be raised in any way which the
/ school decides. Each School Auxil-
| larry uses its enrolment fund for the
purchase needed by the Red Cross.
/ If the dues are too much for the
school to pay, it may still become an
! Auxiliary, if the boys and girls make
I a pledge satisfactory to the Local
! Chapter that they will earnestly do
/ Red Cross work. If they wish, the
children can themselves write the
! pledge.
/ |, ............... hereby APP
ply for membership in the. -.
School Auxiliary of the Junior Red
Cross Of ........ Chapter or Branch,
and | promise, so far as am able, to
/ l. Make or grow something for
the Red Cross.
/ 2. Save by denying myself some
thing | want but do not need.
/ 3. Give of what l can earn and
save to help those who have suffered
in the war.
/ Date ... Name ....,......
The School Auxiliary is given an
engraved certificate which records
it's membership. The Auxiliary is
privileged to display a Junior Red
! Cross banner, white banner with a
/ red cross on it and blue letters, telling
/ the name of the school and the years
of membership. Each child may also
wear the regular Red Cross member
ship button.
The school teacher is chairman of
! the Auxiliary. The children are the
members. Membership as an Auxil-
! larry is given only for one year. 1t
should be renewed at the beginning
of every school year If your school
/ is not now an Auxiliary, make it one.
Every school in Vernon county should
/ be an Auxiliary
The Junior Red Cross works in
three big ways:
l. Study: The children study the
/ history of the Red Cross; they study
/ how to help in the best way.
! 2. Service to their city, village or
district.
3. Service to all suffering people:
| The children make many OF the sup
plies used in this country and in Eu-
rope
The School Auxiliary will cooper
ate and work with the local Red Cross
| Chapter or Branch. Part of the work
of the Auxiliary viii consist of max
ing the village or district a better
place to live in, and in taking care
not to waste any of the things that
can be saved for the country, such
as food, clothes, coal, and money.
Some cf the Red Cross Juniors have
already made many things for the
soldiers in camp. They have made
Jelly knitted articles, Christmas pack
cts, etc. But the best work for the
| Auxiliary is the making of clothes
for the people CT France, Italy and
Belgium, who have been driven from
their homes by the war. These poor
refugees have often no place to stay,
very little to eat, almost no clothes.
Over half of them are babies and
little children. The children of Amer
\ lea can do no greater work than to
heldp these poor French, Italian and
Belgian children.
Every school a Red Cross Auxiliary
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