The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1922-12-09
COMMUNITY CHEST PLAN EXTENDING.

Kansas City completed its first united charities cam
aign week by notwithstanding the huge budget of
85000O agreed the necessary community chest
quota for that thriving metropolis. Several hundred work
brs gave their time literally for six days in intensive
rive to the entire community The number of in
ivdual contributions to the fund totaed 74418 Nearly
175O00 raised the final day under of ne
g5sssity.
That's fine record for Kansas City. It's also real
osemen for the community chest plan of financing charl
Ties and social service Institutions The job done
m November of 1928 Every organization in the campaign
y assured of the quota assigned For the next twelve
onths they all settle down to their ministry of human
3ervce,
Wichita another city where this plan has been adopted
lille in Topeka three welfare assoclat0nS have joined forces
ind made the direction The idea is spreading
flrough the country rapidly
The reason is simple of course It's better idea than
me one has prevailed heretofore 1t is efficient
we may employ that overworked adjective The and
who their time month after month to one after
mother OF these splendid community organizations can
mpsh the net result in week of hard work when
ey carry the appeal of all the organizations together They
their time and that of busy business who other
rise waited upon turn by committees from each asso
aon They the general pubcs time on the street
md in the home too.
: Moreover the campaigners who know they have just
ne big week of work will naturally pursue their cause with
qore enthusiasm than will the individuals engaged up
drive after another Likewise is far easier for the
Newspapers other media of publicity to concentrate at
nton upon single great movement than to give adequate
ervice for every individual drive, large or small
The snag which usually obsructs this community chest
Ian from being adopted is inability to secure agreement
mong the different associations upon their respective ratios
M block the plan considerations of individual pre1ermen
This is unfortunate
But there is remedy, and not hard to take. In
ensacoas case for instance the hundred odd workers
no called upon volunteer for every of these char
drives, month after month"; would simply put their feet
own and say eve strike this wasteful system Give
y the community chest pan!' they could very quickly
bmpel agreement.
1t is unfair to suggest perhaps that tactics decisive
these would be required here The directing leaders of
lie various organizations reasonable persons and once
nvnced that their Individual could be the
plan they doubtless could reach satisfactory agree
Gent But on the other hand it generally agreed that
nsacoa would have adopted the community chest by this
me if it were not for dagreements resulting from previous
differences on the subject.
After ALL the throttle is in the hands of those who col
let the dollars 1t not fair to call upon busy folks time
time during the to postpone their business or fam
responsibilities in order to make solicitation calls which
light just we'll be concentrated into united campaign
lat argument all the effective because the member
lip Of the raising committees for all the different
nizations drawn pretty generally from small group
pubcspred people AS nterocking directorate, they
ght to insist upon conservation policy for the charity
lives