The Donaldsonville chief., 1920-03-27
RED CROSS ACTIVITIES.
Splendid Work Being Done by this Or
sanization in Variety of Fields.

Splendid Work Being Done by this Or
eanization in Variety of Fields
You can buy a box of candy or
theatre ticket for dollar. Here's
what that dollar you gave the Red
Cross in 1920 has bought.
About three cents of it-2.6 to be
exact-has been spent on the salaries
of the vast army of worke who, all
over the world, are still laDoring in
t5e Interests of the Greatest Mother
You read in the papers every day
of earthquake, or fire. or food suf-
ferers being relieved; of soldiers and
sailors and their families being help
ed; of cases of destitution taken up:
Of sorrowing-laden women and chill
dren in the Far East being fed and
clothed and employed-and yet there
is another part of Red Cross activi-
ties that your dollar is pushing for
ward that maybe you have not heart
of.
You ask, why doesn't the Red
Cross close shop now that the war is
over? OF Whats the Red Cross do
ling now that most of the men are
homer"
| Right now it is entering into an
other field that is every bit as i'm
portant as it's war work, although not
so spectacular.
1t has just started into operation
the immense wheels of a vast peace
time program, which will stretch out
everywhere in the United States, a
broadening of activities that have
hitherto been confined mainly to SOL
diers and sailors and their families.
1t will deal with public health and
prevention Of disease-has not our
1919 flu epidemic shown people the
Iabsclute necessity Of a knowledge of
this and of home care of the sick? 1t
will deal with first aid-commencin
right in the schools and forming ain
| important part of its educational
activities. It will broaden the Home
Service, which was so beneficial dur
ing the war to the fighting men and
their families; it will continue it's
emergency disaster relief measures.
Scarcely a week passes that Red
Cross representative is not speeding
somewhere with funds to assist a
Istriclsen community. It will see that
the rising generation continues its
work, through increasing Junior Red
Cross activities, the membership Of
W hich l!a: already passed the ten mil
lion mark.
And last, and most Important of
all, it will teach community self
government. .
The time las pas Dr. the slap
dash method Of living ii ignorance Of
how the community is run, how cLil-
|dTen are being educated, what is be-
one with Stlle taxes ia at aEe ps.sels
ssea
for a community to TAX
an inventory Of it's assets and liabil-
tiles as it is. for its most proraia ent
VINO is to take sud inventory?
No one but the con- Gity itself. |
But there is need fol g7silled assist
,ance along these Line and this is
where the Red Cross cSnes in.
- + is pl;nning to send skilled work
srs into the field to show the people
in cities towns and country how to
meet existing needs, how to further
resources, how to prevent diceaSe,
how to meet epidemic, how 20 COM
pare their own municipal :.fairs, with |
the affairs of. the adjacent communl-
ty to see what it lacks; in short, It |
will bring to every right-minded citi-
zen a realization that he is ar I'M
portant factor in his community.
And when lie has become interest
ed in these vital problems that af-
feet his home, his children, his pocket
book, and is able to deal with them
himself, the Red Gross will step out
of the field to fulfill whatever duties
may be laid on it in other directions.
Ascension Chapter is extending the
same generous help to civilian fami-
hes that it did to those CT soldiers;
furnishing assistance and advice
wherever and whenever needed. A
first aid class is being instructed at
the St. Vincent Institute, and "First
Aid' has been added to the course Of
study in the four high schools OF the
parish.
The Junior Red Cross ere fitting
an emergency room at tie Donaldson
vile High School, with the forty per
cenA Of their funds which remains !
with the school, Other needed activi-
ties are being undertaken in the
schools throughout the parish.
The executive committee of AS
cension Capter cheerfully invites any
suggetions looking to the advance
ment of the best interests Of the