The Belding banner-news. (Belding, Mich.) 1918-1973, 1920-07-07
WANT TO OPEN
Up YOUR HOME
TO A YOUNCSTER?
DETROIT SOCIETY WANTS GOOD
HOMES FOR ORPHANED. AND
UNFORTUNATE CHILDREN

More than 900 children, some with
out fathers, some without mothers,
some bereft of both parents and de-
pendent entirely on the charity of
others, are in need of homes, espe-
cially in the country sections of Mich
igan, today.
n This is the statement made, in it's
appeal to the newspapers of the state
by the st. Vincent de Paul Society, of
Detroit, an organization established
and maintained for the relief of dis
tress among the poor of the Catholic
faith and especially among Catholic
children left homeless through the
death of either or both parents, or
through other circumstances.
1--WE are sadly in need of homes in
Catholic families for these unfortun,
ate youngsters, says the letter sent
20 all newspaper publishers of Mich
ican by the Society. 1--WE feel. that If
our appeal can come to the attention
of your readers we shall hear from
dozens of Catholic families able to
wiling to take one child or several
children into the wholesome atmos-
phere of real home"
I'VE are in need of homes of three
classes, namely: boarding, free and
adoption, Boarding homes are for
those children who have lost one
parent, either father or mother, but
whose remaining parent is able and
anxious TO pay $3.50 per week for the
care of each child. Free homes are
for those children who, for one rea-
son or another, are not available for
adoption but who. IN many cases are
of an age where they can make them
selves useful around the home or
farm. Adoption homes are for those
children whose parents are both dead
or otherwise unable to provide for
them and who must, in order to get
fair chance in the world, be taken
in as one Of their own by some char
liable family.
1--WE much prefer homes in the ru-
raj districts for all these children.
Desirable homes in Detroit and other
large industrial cities are almost i'm
possible to find, and we know from
experience that the country is a much
better place for a child to grow up in.
'The. qualifications required of a
family willing to provide home for
one or more Of these helpless ones
are few and simple. First, it must
be Catholic family; non-Catholic
orphans are taken care of in the
same manner we pursue by the var
ious non-Catholic orphan-caring or
CARNATIONS. Second, the Society
must be satisfied, on investigation,
that the child or children will be
properly cared for. Third, and this
only in the case Of boarding homes,
state license must be obtained. This
latter is not so formidable propo-
sition as it may sound. The Society
furnishes a blank application for such
license, to be filed out and for
warded to the Michigan State Board
of Corrections and Charities ut Lam
sing. There is no charge and no un-
desirable publicity connected with the
matter. Requests of non-Catholics
desiring to take children into their
homes will be referred to the proper
agencies or such persons may COM
municate direct with the Children's
Aid Society, 33 Warren Ave-, W.,
Detroit.
ANY Catholic family inclined to
assist in this charitable undertaking
Of caring for the unfortunate children
will receive complete information by
writing the st. Vincent de Paul So
ciety, Child Caring Department, 155
McDougall Ave-, Detroit.