The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1921-12-15
CAMPAIGN FOR
CHARITY BEGUN
COMMUNITY CHEST DRIVE STARTED
Over Half of Total of $500, Goal /
to be Utilized in Bringing Re- I
lief Locally

With goal of 81. 500, the COMMIT z
ty chest campaign has been launc y
in all districts of Hood River couu =
A considerable nucleus, according z
members of the committee, has g.
ready been raised. The commit .
makes the following explanation of n
division Of funds:
More than half Of the money rail- =
in the community chest budget is to be
expended for public purposes in Hood
River county. A brief suggestive out
line of the work Of the participating
agencies is as follows:
''The $3.50 membership dues which
go to the divisional Red Cross is to
keep up the general work of the or
ganization. The Red Cross is relating
itself particularly to the work of re-
lieving epdemics, suffering incident to
destructive fires, floods, etc. In any
emergency this great organization
would be available for local relief.
The home service item of So $50 is
expended in part for the maintenance
of the public health nurse and social
worker. The local chapter of the Red
Gross IS now paying SIS per month of
Mrs. Blakely's salary and furnishing a
car and its upkeep and operating ex-
pense. No other provision is made to
maintain the public health nurse be-
sides the item in the county bldget.
The continuation of this work makes
the raising of the budget imperative.
Also, the home service department
is giving soldier and civilian relief. A
number of soldiers have borrowed
money from the organization. Some
have been able to provide sanitorium
treatment for themselves in this man
ner. In addition the Red Cross has
provided nurses and hospital treatment
for numerous persons when no funds
were otherwise available. All this
work has been done after a careful in
vestigation by Mrs. Blakey.
"An incident. The other day an ex-
service man came to ask help. He
was discharged from the army 65 per
cent disabled. He expects money as
compensation from the government.
He bought truck and has been work.
ing. He has paid $500 and owes S275.
He has been i'll and the note is due and
non-renewable. If he can keep that
truck in spite of disability he will be a
productive citizen. He. came to the
Red Cross. To whom else could he go?
In this manner without any advertis-
ing, the Red Cross is spending more
than $500 per month in Hood River
The Public Welfare Committee is an
open association Of business, fraternal
and church organizations, which is re-
lieving temporary distress. This or
ganization, which functions through
the office of Mrs. Blakely, finds work
for the unemployed, it furnishes food
and clothing to the needy and gives
the assistance which is intended to
help the recipients to independence as
quickly as possible. This committee
has relieved the county court of end
less work and saved the people it has
helped from the onus of county char
ity. All the work is volunteer. Mo-
one is paid. The chairman is C.. A.
Bell. 1t is panned to make this COM
mittee county wide and the 81, 900
raised may be drawn on by the various
The Near East Relief asks 81, 500.
This work is we'll known. Oregon has
helped to save several hundreds Of
thousands of children for Armenia
from the ruthless Turk. The war is
not over in the near East. We must
give the children Of Armenia and Syria
food and shelter. If we fail to be kind
to the little ones of Christ's own land
and yet profess to keep Christmas,
God have mercy on US
'"The Salvation Army is doing a
state work. Into their home for un-
mothers, their mems industrial
home and their relief missions people
come from all over the state. Hood
River county included. 1t is fair that
we help in their work as every other
county is doing.
The Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton is also "A state institution. Its
technical school where young men may
receive technical training at nominal
expense has more students than all the
endowed colleges of Oregon
combined. The "Y" is doing a big
piece of state work among the boys in
it's rural work, several counties have
complete organizations, and in the
great boys conferences, three of which
were held in Oregon this year. The
employment department and the gener-
al services Of the Y. NJ. c. A. are
available TO all men. II is not simply
a Portland institution. When one
knows of the work it is doing tor for
eigners, the shop meetings being held,
the tens OF thousands Of boys and men
TO whom it gives willing service each
year, one realizes that the damned Y
is vital and permanent part Of our life.
The community chest is the scien-
liic way Of giving. This one drive is
the only drive Of the year. One man
unsolicited has given a $50 bond. To-
gether, once for all, our best !"