The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-11-28
THE CHILDREN'S HOME
SOCIETY OF FLORIDA
Announces It's December Cam
paign for $4,000 to Begin De-
cember LIST and End on Christ
mas Day.

1000 Floridians are asked to
give one Fifty Dollar Liberty
Bond, to serve Uncle Sam and
Florida's Riddles; or
500 Floridians to give one One-
Hundred Dollar Bond or
10000 Floridians to give One
Baby Bond Ca War Saving.
Stamp. 4
The $4,000 is needed by The
Children's Home Society for
| these three big items:
$35 900 to provide for 1000
Homeless Orphans and Needy
| Kiddics during the coming year
Iof 1919, at an average cost Of $35
leach
$4,000 to provide for 200 Faith
Icrless Riddles, whose widowed
mothers would otherwise be COM
lpelled to give them up perma-
nently, at an average cost Of $50
lper child.
$4,000 to finish free of debt the
great work Of 1918, which has
provided good homes, aid and
care for practically 1000 children.
Your Bonds and Stamps" will
still help Uncle Sam and at the
Same time help Florida's Youngs-
tiers in reed. Arrangements have
lLeen made by the Home Society
with the Atlantic National Bank
Aof Jacksonville, to take over the
bonds and Stamps at par so that
the Society can secure the funds,
Iand yet keep the money in the
1rvice Of our Government, so
Jour Bond or Stamps will in this
way serve twoAgreat causes, the
\ cause of the Allies, and the cause
9f Florida children.
OF course real money will be
gladly accepted. While the aim
Of the Home Society is to raise
1.-THE $4,000 through Liberty
Bonds and tVar Saving Stamps,
the main thing is to get the mon.
ley; therefore, Of course the Socie.
.lty would be delighted to accept
contributions of money from the
children s pennies up to the larg
est possible amount.
Subscriptions can be made pay.
liable monthly. Any person who
,idoes not own a Bond, or who pre-
fers to buy another, can send tht
! [Society 9 check or Money Ordel
for one-tenth Of the amount O.
!. the Bond, and make the othel
payments monthly, the Bond I,
become the property of the Hom
: Society when paid for. Person
I lwho cannot contribute at all now
can subscribe the amount the,
feel they can give and make til
payments at any time in the com
! ling year of 1919. The idea Of TIL
: Society is to make sure Of the in
come Of $4,000 for the finishin
:, of this years work free froI
! debt, and the entire year of 191!
] so that no further appeal fc
Z funds need be made until 1920.
3 Must Florida's Homeless Xii
= dies plead in vain? The goo
Al people Of Florida have taken cal
II during the year Of, and gone 20
a. err the top in, every one OF Il
he Big Campaigns, and we have bel
less, homeless Riddles, who a
90 the Hope of the Future, and WI
of must not be permitted to suffer.
a. Will you adopt one Florit
q Kiddie for next year? One r.
~ ty Dollar Bond will provide 4
4; the entire need Of one Of the
10 Riddles in need. Will you
,at one Of the thousand to accept t
AZ responsibility for the care Of q
# of these little ones9
es- State Headquarters, 42S
James Building, Jacksonville, r
TO- Send your Bond or Stamps,
III contribution, to our Treasurer,
ler V. GOWNS ton, 428 st. Jan
N Building, James Building, Ja'
he sonville, Florida, and be sure
Ihe register your letter if you send
Id Bond, and ask for return