Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-10-21
RECEIVING HOME
IN BURLINGTON
Vermont Children's Aid Society
Hopes to Establish Such e1
Institution for Dependents
Who Need Special Attentiou
before Being Placed In Homea

II Ihe Vermont c'hiidren's ASd soso0s,s
rno, u sucoesstul In iu drive tor 10.
go TO carry on tho work during tina oons
Ina ySar, II In planned TO establish IN
Burlington a receiving homo for ehHdrsu
who need special attention before tbsy
are IN fis condition &c BE- placed In pr,.
vate Soines throu chou. the ststs, Miss
l.. Josephine Webster. general SECRETARY
Of the society. b airssd, iook,cs tn. shs
proper Iocstior Tor sunn Aems and rox
Tho proper persor u elso~ ~ dharxn Of
ths hnnss a. natron. Tho society plans,
also to secure nav field worker to AZ.
sist In the greatly enlarged work whirh
Is being done.
Tile drive fer 50 coo wit start ,.ls s,,ox
in some parts Of thu state. r.. orss MIA.
ton beinY conapiete n. Caledonia. Wind.
sor. Windhssp and Addison counties In
other parts o. che State. including Chit.
sonosr county. Il vii: not be pSssibis q
coir'piets thc organisation for carrying o.
the drive untn the week CT October ~
Burlington WI! Is called upon te ~sls1
H.po as her quota ct thA $4,000 The
reason MAT Surisnsror'r quota y some
wnat larsst Vi proportion than that Of
homo 81 Me ether oi.iss In tho etnts II
cAat the society las had more cases Of
needy children from Burlington IN pro-
J. =
has contributed than from airy pa, q;
tho statS. The city Of Burlington has not
, given enough in the past 70 meet the costs
CT taking care of the children which havs
come to the society from this city alone,
For this reason. and because the head
quarters office OF the society is In this
city, It is thought that Burlington should
be ready to raise this part of the quota,
The members OF the Klifa and tina
Athena clubs are to be responsible for
canvassing the ladies' Of the city and
| mems committees from each profession
| and business branch will be organized to
canvass the men throughout the city
The need Of a receiving home has been
| brought out very forcibly In the last yeaP
| of the societys work in Vermont A large
number OF children who are placed in the
! hands of the society are not in q con-
dition to go into the private homes which
| the society finds for them. Each private
home where children are to be placed il
! carefully investigated so that the homes
which arc chosen are the best which can
be found. For this reason. children which
come out OF every poor surroundings with
no training in manners. need to be taken
somewhere to get cleaned up and taught
some things before tney are placed In
their new homes This is the purpose OF
the receiving home. Miss Webster es-
tahlished such home for time last
spring on a temporary basis, and It work.
ed out very satisfactorily. It is now de-
sired TO establish a receiving home as 4
permanent institution Of the society.
There IS, also, great need OF another as
sistant in the work of the society In Ver4
mont. Miss Webster now has one assist
ant In the southern part of the Stata
but the number of cases Of needy chill.
dren which have been referred to the
society have already become so large
that only a part of them can be handled
even with the new assistant II the so.
ciety Is to do the work which II hal
started out TO do, another worker mus
be added to the staff