The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1919-09-11
A COMMUNITY CHEST
drive SEPT. 22-27
ira D. Wight is City Chairman for
Big Drive-Several Organizations
Will Be Financed.

campaign LOT Cne community CncSC
which will take care of all relief or
ganizations of the city and those who
have been asking Minot people for
subscriptions during the past few
years. A special committee from the
campaigns and financial appeals COM
mittee of the Association of Com
merce has interviewed all organiza-
tions that are doing work among the
people of the city and have set the
amount that each receive out of the
community chest. Then there has
been an allowance made for losses
and for special emergency fund, to-
gether with the cost of maintaining
the chest for the coming year. All
slack has been taken up, and all or
ganizations that are to participate
in the chest understand, their position
with the committee.
The campaign will be on September
22nd and will continue until the even
ing of the 9th, but it is expected that
it will be real sunset drive in that
the money needed will be raised in
one day. This is the hope of City
Chairman Ira D. Wight, who is busily
engaged in selecting his committees
for the campaign. Mr.. Wight is the
right man in the right place, and from
past experience it is safe to state that
the money will be raised in jig time.
EARLY last spring several organiza-
tions asked the campaigns and finan-
cial appeals committee to finance
them, but on account of the many
money raising campaigns during the
war it was thought best to put them
off until the autumn. Among these
institutions was the Y. w. C. A., and
it was absolutely necessary that this
organization be financed. Then there
were other organizations in the city
that needed funds. Then along came
the Salvation Army campaign dated
for the week of September % to 27.
Ward county was allotted $4,000, half
of which is to be raised in Minot. This
should be the opportune time to launch
the community chest campaign, so it
was so decided by the campaigns and
financial appeals committee.
On Business Basis.
There is nothing mysterious or
strange about the community chest. It
is merely plan whereby the people of
Minot place their giving for the year
upon a business basis, and are assur-
ed that all duplication of effort is cut
out. For some years under the old
plan of giving, several organizations
have had to do with relief among the
needy. In many instances there has
been duplication. The committee in
making allowances for the various
organizations has made it plain I'd
them that there must be a report
made upon all people helped by them,
so that money raised for the commun-
ity chest will not be thrown away by
injudicious giving by the organiza-
tions themselves. In Massillon, Ohio
some years ago, all the reief organiza-
tions were put under the protecting
wing of one person who found cases
where whole able bodied families had
been living off the charitable institu-
tions of the city, and had so gotten in
the habit Of not working that they
were real peeved when told that their
meal ticket had been punched full OF
holes, and it would be necessary for
them to do little hustling upon their
own account.
The question will naturally arise
"How much shall I give?" This OF
course is left to great extent tc
the conscience of the giver, but tc
make sure CHe coHlmlICeeS VIII llhciy
have pretty good idea of what you
should give based upon your probable
income. The comittees can be relied
upon to not work a hardship on any.
one, but they will insist that all dc
their rightful share in this glorious
work of alleviating suffering anc
making Minot better city to live in
The Minot Elks lodge will have
charge of raising funds thruout the
county for the Savation Army. M
F. Mulroy is the county chairman fol
this part Of the fund. He will be as.
sisted by all the Elks living in the
county, and their quota of the fund TO,
Ward county should be raised easily
and n,1ick1v.