Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-12-12
AID FOR HELPLESS
is SOUGHT THROUGH
10 OPPORTUNITIES
Times-Dispatch Will Raise
Fund Of S2,935 Through
Contributions.
GOLDEN CHANCE is OFFERED
TO HELP UNFORTUNATES
All Gifts Will Be Acknowl-
edged Through News Col
urnns Each Day.

According to the custom OF the pa
per for years. The Times u! spatch. in
cooperation with the Associated
Charities OF Richmond, vii, raise
funds for families OF the city whose
circumstances and means are no.
sufficient TO meet requirements OF a
healthy and decent living.
The Ten Opportunities" ~ out
lined in another column OF this is
sue. Will be repeated each day until
the total sun OF S2,935 is secured
TO meet the needs Of all the cases
Daily receipts will be published in
tapuiatcd form. together with the
name or initial OF the contributors.
At recent meeting OF the Assoc!a.-
ID Charities. the needs for the coming
year were placed at $4,000 as the
minimum requirement. II was point
d out that the financial condition
OF the organization was such q; this
time as to endanger the entire social
ana constructive work performed
Turing tho past year.
II was plea 20 the people OF
Richmond not to faltcr in the work
OF relieving distress in the city. One
speaker remarked that he would
rather see l7l.667 people cared for
and made happy than 10 have the
population Increased to the half.mii-
lion mark. To do this. he added
means concerted and conscientious
work.
Appeals I'm Spirit of Christmas.
MSS Charlotte Whiting. genera.
secretary OF the Associated Charities
mas made personal investigation or
the Ten Opportunities" cases and
has found them TO DO deserving or
The aid which Is being solicited. Sh.
urges that the spirit Of Christmas
be extended In lending helping
hand 70 the widow with her several
eai!dren and scarcely any means OF
support; TO the aged couple, devoted
oy .ach other. hut destitute in means.
10 the mother caring for her family
while the husband lies paralyzcd on
ms bed. and 10 the motherless girl
running Wild on the streets
surely there can be no nobler and
more helpful Spirit Of Christmas. :.
MISS Whiting said. than 70 give each
year At Yuietlde, small contribu-
tion 10 relieve the suffering IN ten
ones. to keep ten families together
! 10 make more than n score o.,
hearts happy. where otherwise there
would be bu, despair and hopeless
ness"
The present theory OF work OF the
association. as put into practice by
MISS Whiting. is that poverty can be
cured and charity is but dolcful ac-
ceptance OF conditions unless con-
struct!ve effort places the families 10
whom aid is given on sclt-sustain-
ing basis, This point is well Illus
tratcd in the following extract taken
from Miss Writings report a. the
recent meeting OF tho association:
Good citizenship Involves Health
so while supplying physical needs.
our visitors also go into the homes
weekly. and. after close observation
OF the family, attempt to give them
new set of ideals We know that
good citizenship involves good health.
good morals and Z sencc o. RESPONSE
bnity towards their work ana the
community in general. and continued
neip from us is contingent on their
attempts to develop and improve
Our plans have worked out satisfac-
.orily in many cases. for sixty seven
OF our dependents Of past years are
now providing adequately for all
their own needs, and we have that
number Of homes in place OF novels
We have probably prevented three
(cSntiIued On E,iphtecntb Fac.