The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1921-08-25
STATE FEDERATION NEWS


!. STATE FEDERATION NEWS
By Mrs. Homer L. Settle, Payette
This week / am going to reprin
Just as 1t appears In General FEEDERS
J ton News an article which is 8
wonderful In ideas that / am sure d
cluD women will welcome it. Th
article follows: m
In your town there are man
women weary OF bridge; many youn
girls who have serious purpose i
view, but do not know how to us
their time and talents; many wei
read, well bred people Of leisure VIII
would willingly help less fortunat
ones than themselves If they knew
how they could; many working girl
and business women who would wei
come a chance to do their bit ii
altruistic service. sl-
In your town are convalescents
blind people, old and feeble an(
lonely people. shut-ins, work worr
mothers with cross babies, inyaNds
mothers of large broods facing piles
OF never finished mending.
Wouldn't 1t be fine IL you could
bring the two together? To do Just
that Is the object OF the committee
OF volunteer service in the general
federation Of which Mrs. ]. H.
Schermerhorn Of II Halsted place,
East Orange, N. j., is chairman. Mrs,
Schermerhorn says:
In communities where there is
nothing of this kind, the women's
club should take the initiative. cali
Ing together representatives OF ali
the agencies doing social work. the
churches, social welfare, Red Cross,
r. w. G.. A. ETC.. and establish q
common center for the receipt of In
formation regarding leisure hours to
be disposed Of. These may be part
OF whole time but should be regular
and dependable.
How to Organize
In communities where there are
no such organizations as the Red
Cross, Y. w. c. A., social welfare,
etc., some Of the following services
may be rendered thru a central COM
mittee formed by the woman's club
Or clubs. The following are sug-
yested:
a. To read to nvalescents, blind,
Did, shut-ins, etc.
b. To care for children for a few
hours to relieve the tired mother.
G. 10 care for invalids, or the old,
or q short time each day, or at in
ervals.
d. To give help in household, as
farming, mending or preparing a
neal.
Q. To render clerical and secretar-
al assistance.
Next comes organizations: /
a. Secure chairman in each club
community. lThis will be excellent
work for a community service or
ocial and industrial club depart
nent or committee, and may be Just
he thing they are waiting for.)
b. Instruct her to get together a
ommittee, composed Of representa-
Ives from any and all groups doing
ocial and Industrial service work.
'hese members can thus draw on
heir own membership for volun-
GERS.
c. Instruct your chairman to get
ogether a small clerical group to at
md to details. The success Of the
Undertaking depends largely upon
ne accuracy and quality of the re-
orded information and the intelli-
ence and efficiency with which it is
andled.
Things to be considered in the
engagement Of the bureau or COM
littee are:
a. A card file, showing details of
anne, address, kind of service, vol
nteer or paid land how much)
mount of time to be given.
b. This should be centrally To-
tied, easily accessible and in charge
some one who will give it regular
ention and can be reached any time
, telephone.
c. The main duty Of the club is to
cure results. Let a committee be
pointed to canvas the membership,
bulating the results, and putting
into the central bureau. All pos
Die publicity should be given this.
d. II this is handled by the Red
'oss or bureau of social service
your community, secure results
1t and require them to extend the
ope of their work to include many
nds Of service.
The matter Of financing will come
/. This must be settled by the in
vidual group, as to whether it will
thru the club treasury, or by
scial efforts to raise the money. II
Business is still chaotic, says an
,nomist. And the travelling sales
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