The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-03-27
Y W. G.. A. INVITES
TULSANS TO HELP
First Appeal Since Win
ter 1919, Now Made
by Board
BUDGET IS $72,253
Drive to Start March % and
Close April 5-to Can
vas the City

Tuls, how much do you care for
your girls?
This is the question which the
rulsa Y. ". G. A. is putting TO the
iocol citizenship this week as the
association asks for funds with which
I'm continue their service for girls
and women, standing on the record
M their past achievements in this
direction.
Association Needs S72.253.
The amount which, by careful
,ouuinc and economic budgeting has
sbeen found essential TO carry on this
years work is s72,253. which has
therefore boon set as the campaign
goal The campaign will be wagcd
from Monday, March 2S. to Tuesday
April o., inclusive. over 200 men
and women workers will go forth for
thls purpose. Though the task will
In a sense be n big one, big men and
women will be engaged in IT. for the
team membership includes some of
Tulsa's most prominent people in
philanthropy, service to women, So
cioty and business.
Confident in the justice Of the
cause which they will represent.
workers will report at the campaign
headduartors. tho Y, w. c. A. build
. ing az Fifth and Cheyenne, at 0
4 o'clock Monday morning for their
4 assignments pledge cards and
badges bearlng/a blue triangle and
the lettering official solicitor 1921" ="
A workers luncheon will be served
Monday noon in the gymnasium, as
throughout the remainder of the
week. The machinery of the cam
paign promises TO function smoothly,
as It has been set up carefully in
advance.
First One Since 1919.
This viii be the first public cam
raign which the assuCiatiun.h has con-
Quoted since November, 1919. OF
tho budget OF S72,253, the sum of
$50, ,203 Is the amount needed for the
general work and operating expenses
The association is Gt per cent self
supporting, from the net proceeds
of the pool, cafeteria, camp, gym
ucation, girls work, employment
work. The departments from which
there is no income at all are the
general administration. religious ed
ucaitou, girls work, employment
and rooms registry, recreation, eX-
tension, club work and travellers 3
aid Tho remaining amount of the
budget, or S42,050 is for property and
investment, building repairs. con-
templatcd colored work, field and
national work, interest on building
notes, 1920 deficit and campaign
expenses.
The service which the association
renders Tulsa young womanhood Ia
almost limitless There Is a cafeteria,
where wholesome food, prepared In
clean manner, Is served in spotlcss
surroundings by employees who have
passed physical examination and
where business girls are given ten
per cent discount on the regular
price Of each meal, There Is the
swimming pool, where girls and
women splash and learn To swim and
the gymnasium, which brings eXcr-
else and recreation to so many. There
Is the travelers'S aid at the Frisco
station, which has proved to be a
friend in need to arriving girls and
TO all kinds Of strangers in prcdica-
menis. Recreation is furnished in
parties and entertainments at the
association and the services Of the
recreation secretary to organizations
requesting II. Through the classes
IN the education department. one
may learn many things from dress
making, millinery and interior decor
a'ing 10 office efficiency. The girls
work clubrooms are the mecca for
grade and high school girls.
Though the Y. w. c. a. in the
main deals with girls and women
OF the higher types, it also does
rescue work, Last week, for IN
stance, a girl who was sick and
iriendless and without funds in a
local rooming house was. upon noti-
hcation OF the Y. w. c. A., provided
win food, proper care and sympathy
ana then sent to the Sand Springs
hospital through the pan Hellenic
fund.