The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1919-10-24
RED CROSS PEACE PROGRAM
For you
For your family
For your country.

IIOl yOu
For your family
For your country
Nursing Service-A public health
nurse where no other agency is cover
ing the field. Glasses in home hy-
giene and care of the sick and die
tetics. Encouragement of girls to be-
come trained nurses. (Poor health
can be largely prevented. Good
health can be regained through the
Red Cross Nursing Service
Home Service-Care of the families
of soldiers and sailors. Continued
help to the service man. Family relief.
where there is no other agency in the
community. Disaster relief. ln 90
per cent of the communities where
Home Service has been at work there
is no other relief agency
First Aid-Training in the preven-
tion OF accidents. Training in first aid
when an accident does happen. For
nation of life saving corps among
swimmers. (First aid may save life)
Junior Membership-A little Red
Cross within the big Red Cross.
Training for citizenship. To furnish
relief to suffering children. Happy
childhood the world over.
In Foreign Lands-The American
Red Gross has undertaken an obli-
cation and the people have faith that
that obligation will be met. No other
organization in the world can meet
it.
The above is a brief outline of the
peace time program of the American.
Red Cross. Read it through again.
carefully, and become acquainted
with what the Red Cross plans to do
in the future. We>can say, without
fear of being contradicted by anyone
who is acquainted with present plans
that 1T is the primary purpose of the
American Red Gross to be of service
to Americans. The Red Gross wants
to be of service, its purpose is to rem
der assistance wherever assistance is
needed-to soldiers and the families
OF soldiers--but now as the war be-
icomes more and more thing of the
past, to all people who need assis.
tance from any organization Nlse tho
Red Cross. Let the people of Rob ITS
County think out for themselves -wha.
it would mean to havs the service o.
competent and conscientious public
healfh nurses. Are there not poor
lamllles in the county that from time
10 nme might be in actual need. in
need of clothing, in need of food i,
iieea Oh the money required to secure
The services of surgeons for onera.
tlons, or of physicians for medical
treatment. 1t requires but little thot
10 come to the conclusion that the
FIRST Aid department of the Red
cross can become of great value to
the people of the county Let mo
one overlook the Importance of the
Junior Membership department. No
one should be in favor of seeing tho
American Red Cross withdraw from
the foreign countries before it's wor1,
there is completed.
Surely, the Red Gross has worthy
] peace time program. 1t is not hy anv
means through with its work. In some
respects the work is changing. but
the Red Cross wants to continue work
ing, and being of service to men. All
the plans have not been completelv
worked out, but the Red Cross homes
TO meet the needs as the needs arise 4
ana TO lind the needs that already ex
lst Let the people understand that
the Red Cross is an organization for
mutual helpfulness, and aims to be-
come even more efficient in the future
than 1T has been in the past. Then nc
one will be unwilling to support the
Red Cross with renewal of member
snip. Prepare to meet membership
solicitors with smile of encourage.
ment, and dollar.
o. G. Austin,
Executive Secretary Roberts
County Chapter A. r. C.