The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-01-23
APPEAL Z
FORCHAR|T|ESTO
BEGIN MONDAY
Six Hundred Letters to Be
Sent to Fairmont
People.
MUCH GOOD is DONE
Complete Financial Report
Will Accompany
Appeal.


Just a year ago this month S1.4oO
approximately was donated by Marion
county citizens to the Associated
Charities. And every penny of this
amount bought TWO pennies worth of
happiness and comfort to destitute
people here.
Now the cats out of the bag! Fol-
lowing close upon the heels of this
you Will receive a letter and report
from the Associated Charities which
will tell you what the Associated
Charities does for the worthy poor
and what it did last year on your
money. You should by rights get a
thrill when you read all about it,
For you were instrumental in feed
ing some hungry baby, some deserted
mother, some sick man down and out.
Six hundred letters are already
stamped to mail and will 90 through
the local postoffice to your homes.
These letters will ask for your coop
Grafton in the campaign for the bene-
fit of the Associated Charities which
will start on Monday of next week.
These letters do=not begin to cover
the territory but serve merely at a
reminder to the regular patrons OF
this oganization who are depended
upon each year to send contribution.
Make your donation this year larger
than last year to cover the increased
cost Of all articles whether food or
clothing or Doctors bills. This is not
a command but instead a prayer-an
earnest beseeching appeal for aid
through another hard year for those
who are unfortunate through birth or
circumstance. Don't say "Oh, can't
help this year. Times are too hard!
Old H. c. L. has just about got mel"
What about those who have always
depended on you for helpA If living
is high for you, how infinitely much
higher and harder is it for those who
never had decent chance in the
world? They are all about you-all
appealing to the Associated Charities
and other organizations for help they
must have, taxing strength and in
genuity of all kindly disposed societies
of which there are never enough.
why doesn't the Red Cross attend
to the poor A" you ask. why doesn't
the Salvation Army attend to them?'
someone else asks. why don't the
churches Stake care of the poor?'
why doesn't - ?" Keep right on
indefinitely and you'll end up right
where you began. All of these insti-
tutions help constantly and then there
is never enough to go around. It's
like the mother with five apples and
nine children. Even the apple sauce
don't solve the problem. The Asso-
ciated Charities Ia the oldest charita-
BILE organization in this county and
probably the most far reaching. And
1t has grown beautifully dependent on
the wondeful aid given it each year by
Fairmont people. Last year it was de-
cided to have regular campaign each
year in January so that even more
persons could learn of the wor accom-
plished by the Associated Charities
The Associated Charities does and
does not do a number of very definite
things under the secretaryship of
Miss Margaret Mckinney who has
long been thoroughly familiar with
the work. 1t does not help people who
can help themselves and it does not
pander to lazy streaks in so called
downtrodden humanity. If a man can
work and does not work and he comes
to the Charities office in the City
Building for aid, he is given some
sound advice instead some immediate
food and position if he has none.
When woman applies for food and
clothes her case is looked into be-
fore she is given more than immed-
late needs. The Associated Charities
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