The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-11-04
COMMUNITY CHEST
FUND ORGANIZATION
IS EXPLAINED FRIDAY

Requests for a detailed explanation
of the community chest plan, coming
from members of various organizations
in the city which are to be asked to
cooperate in the plan, have resulted in
the issuance of series of statements
by the general committee which has
charge of the plan.
A revival of the war chest idea
which proved so effective in the COM
munity during the war, is the central
theme around which the community
chest plan is built. The first of these
statements, obtained Friday, follows:
The community chest plan of or
ganization for the welfare agencies of
community involves certain changes
! from our present custom which are
more or less fundamental and must
present definite advantages if it is to
be accepted in place of the old method
/ During the war there were established
in many communities war chests,
which simply meant that all money for
war purposes was raised in a single
campaign once year instead of by a
separate campaign for each organiza.
| ton.
! This idea of the single campaign
! has been carried over into the com
munity chest and is perhaps it's most
| appealing feature. But there are
other advantages worthy of consider
alton as the community chest of today
is not only money raising agency
but has assumed the equally important
junction of coordinating the welfare
work of the community.
/ Names Advantages.
The advantages of the proposed plar
may be presented under the followins
groups: The advantage of the single
campaign; the financial gains: the i'm
provement in service
The first advantage is that tn,
community as a whole concentrate
its interest on the campaign as Their,
| is practically no individual who is no
interested in some one or more of th,
!. organizations participating. Second
the campaign can be much better OF
ganized.
!, Everyone who has had experience
knows that the success of any cam
paign depends largely on the thorough
ness of the organization which is de
Veloped. Very nearly as much tim
and effort are required to organize
campaign for $4,000 as for a 800 90
ana 1t is only with great difficult
mat people are found to give the tim
and effort necessary several time
during the year to organize svera
separate campaigns.
Get More Service.
In organizing a single campaign
! is possible to secure the services G
the various groups who have maj
aged the separate campaigns and tn
organization therefore contains all c
! those persons in the community mos
experienced in such work and make
: available for the campaign all TIL
/, data acquired in the past by the var
Gus groups. An adequate number {
, canVassers can be secured. There
no longer any novelty in asking De,
. pie for money and it is a task that y
one enjoys.
> Those people who can do it we
: nave been called upon until they al
. tired and it is becoming increasingl
more difficult to secure solicitors f
the various campaigns But for a si
| gle campaign which will end the ma
| ter of solicitation for the entire yea
1t has been the experience of 9th,
. cities that an adequate number
: canvassers can be secured.
More efficient publicity is possib
not only because of the wider appe
i since a number of organizations al
: represented, but because the pubIicit