Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1922-02-16
SINGLE FUND
MAY BE ADOPTED
KIWANIS AND ROTARY MEN
ARE STUDYING CHEST
IDEA

committee OF local business men
representing the Kiwanis and Rota-
~ clubs, has been studying the idea
Of a community Chest during the past
several months and as result OF de-
liberation and discussion, may in the
liberation and discussion, this city
may in the near future find all OF
it's various drives for charitable
organization combined into a single
great canvass in which everyone viii
be given an opportunity 10 contribute
rhe Community Chest has found
favor in many different communities
as a remedy for the ever increasing
number of drives and funds that are
raised each year. 1t is TO combine
these drives and to apportion the
funds so that organizations doing
work in Wausau and for Wausau will
receive the best attention, that this
committee was appointed. John A.
Sullivan and Harry Berger represent
the Rotary club and p. NJ. Wilson,
Walter German and G. Il. Parker, the
Kiwanis club. This group expects
to hold meeting sometime next week
when the matter will be further as
cussed.
Capitalization
Among the annual charitable and
organization drives that could be con-
centrated are the Boy Scouts, Red
Cross, Salvation Army, Federated
Charities, Christmas Seal or Wiscon-
sin Anti-Tuberculosis association,
Near East Relief, Y. NJ. G. A. and Y.
w. G. A. Under this centralized sys- |
TEN, any person donating could desig-
nate the fund to which he wishes his |
money to go or he may allow its APP |
portionment among the various funds |
According to G. Il. Parker, one OF
the members of the committee, at a |
recent meeting there were some who |
were opposed to the idea believing
that ii could not prove successful In
as large q city as Wausau. THE com
mittee that would be appointed to
head the Community Chest" Mr.. Park
ed told Pilot representative, would
prepare budget including all items
and 1t would carry on the work on
smaller scale during the first year
than in years following. One of the
important duties OF this committee
would also be the determination OF
quotas for Marathon county for vari-
Gus funds
In some instances II Is felt that or
CARNATIONS not doing work locally,
have imposed quota on Marathon
county that is quite unfair. This
would be remedied by the commit
tees passing on the quota before any
action is taken in the community The
Near East Relief, IL Is understood, has
assigned quota OF over $l1 900 to
county for this spring, an I
amount which Is held to be exces
sive
Women Interested
Many women in Wausau are also
Interested in the movement for "a
Community Chest. There will be
more interest in these drives IL they
are concentrated" declared Miss Mary |
Nicolls. member OF the College |
Women's club of this city and active in
other ladies' organizations. Under
this method of raising money, every
person would carefully consider his
budget Many would be timid about
giving the small figure that they FREE
quently give to one campaign and use
as an excuse when other campaigns
follow
Another thing that is we'll to con-
slider is the ACCESSIBILITY OF obtaining
pledges in one month and then allow
payment later on. There are some
organizations also that do not do much |
local work. The people do not always |
realize what organizations are doing
the most at home. This concentra
ton of drives would make possible
larger subscription to local organiza-
tons and less to those out of the |
city,
IL also believe in thorough per-
sonal canvass" Miss Nicolls contin-
ued. probably number of clubs |
would participate. each taking a GER
tain group of people TO visit"
That there Is possibility of this ad- |
rangement being carried through by |
next fall is the belief of many Of |
those now interested in the move
mant