Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-01-25
SUNSHINE SOCIETY
HELPS THE NEEDY
Much Good 10 Being Done by
the Several Branches Of
tho Organization.

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| Reports OF tho Christmas activities
Of tho various local branches OF the
International Sunshine Society, which
have Just been compiled. show that
| the organization did much toward re-
lieving distress and making tho holi-
days happier for the poor OF tho city.
Its holiday work was accomplished
before appropriations for distribution
among the needy had been received
, from thee Emergency relief Commit
/ tee. Tho manner In which this money
4 Is being disposed OF viii be made
known shortly by the committee in
charge.
Cynthia's Helpers Branch. OF which
| Mrs. Mabel Brown Is president and
Mrs. u. NJ. Bacon Is treasurer, cx-
| pended In cash $l3T. IL supplied SOW
on persons with cash, and distributed
the following gifts. Rug and cakes.
Home Of Mcrciful Rest; cakes, Home
for Aged Women; cigars and fruit,
Blind shop: blankets, to an invalid !;
coal, 10 a needy family; and candy.
to Hope Farm. Twenty-Five bouquets.
baskets OF fruit, and baskets of
groceries were given out in general.
Tho Washington Heights Branch, OF
which X. NJ. Baxter Is secretary, do.
mated $40 to the Mayors Emergency
Relief Fund. and $40 20 tn Getty Mis-
sion kindergarten, for n Christmas
treat for tho children. A half ton of
~oal was sent to each of two poor FAM
lies.
The New Era Branch made the fol-
lowing donations: Homeopathic Hos
pital, Ice cream. cake. fruit and dec
erations. Delaware Hospital. pipes
and tobacco; Physicians and Sur
geons' Hospital. fruit. gifts and toys;
The Delaware Hospital for the Insane,
Farnhurst. $40 for tho women's
Christmas dinner. victrola and loo
records; Home of Mereiful Rest, the
Christmas dinner. fruit, candy and re-
freshments, (supplied by Mrs. Herman
First and Mrs. Isaac Lenderman)
The Blind Shop, ice cream and cake
Home for Aged Women. $40; Baby
Ellen, $40; Sunshine Home, SIS month
ly.
Tho Delaware club contributed e
the branch $3.50 TO be used for supply
Ing distressed, unemployed persons
with baskets of food. Fifty-nine bas-
kets containing provisions were dis
tributed. Johnson Brothers OF Seventh
and King streets contributed TO the
baskets, which were delivered by
members of the Delaware Club. The
club furnished new shoes for chill
dren and Is sending a quart Of milk
to a sick child daily. An additional
H1n nxnnnIol In ha cys t..l-
were delivered by Mr.. and Mrs. Schen.
ijahn. Many other persons aided ths
branch in It's Christmas relief work
One of the features OF the Christ
mas activities OF tho Pollyannn
Branch, was a party given for the
children of the Homo for Destitute
Children at Sunshine Hall. The little
ones were brought TO the Hall In au-
tomobiles loaned by friends. and were
entertained with stories. games anc
music. Mrs. Anderson OF the Column
bla Grafonola Co. loaned a grafonola
for the occasion. Each child was pre-
scented with candles. fruit, nuts, etc.
and worth while toys. Donations for
the treat were received from Mrs. X
II. Sunderland. Mrs. Charles VAIN
wright, Crosby & Fiji Co.. Kennard-
Pyle Co.. Columbia Grafonola Co.
Strawbridge & Clothier. T. c. Kinkaid
Patriotic Order. Sons OF America, and
others. Donations were made as fol-
lows: Emergency Relief Committee
IS: Home for Destitute Children, IS:
poor family. Sc; invalids. plants; hos.
pital patients. fruit and a garment
a widow, one-half ton Of coal; Babies
| unrr,s.ol
HES, food, clothing and other gifts
II is estimated that clothing amount.
Ing TO about 800 In money value wa.
distributed. The Needlework Guild o.
Hockessin and the state president con.
tributed garments.
Articles distributed by the Eve,
Ready Branch. and their respectiv,
money values, We're as follows: Toys
$40: coal, $32.63; new and old cloth.
ing, $1l0.65; groceries. s15l.95: candy
for ex-soldiers, 50; Sunshine Hal
Xmas entertainment, 1891; Junior
Branch Xmas work. 81. The donations
in all aggregated 1924. The commit
tee in charge comprised Mrs. c. II
Burton, Mrs. Frank Neal, Mrs. Boyc
Cook, Mrs. d. Evans, Mrs. Johr
Brentlinger, Mrs. Royal Woodrow an,
Miss K. Davidson. Through the dona
tons of friends and local merchants
the committee WIS able TO feed s.
persons. % families and ill SO stock
ings for children.
The Ever Ready Juniors. although
organized but two months, and havin,
only IA members, performed a bi;
share OF the Christmas relief work
The children Of Sunnybrook Cottag
were entertained on Christmas Ev,
with a play, which was followed by tn
distributions of gifts and candy. !
needy family was supplied with food
: The residents Of the Home Of Merci
full Rest were also entertained by tn
Juniors, and provided with flowers
The different tokens OF cheer amount
ed 10 about $3.50 in cash.
The report of the Richardson Parl
Branch includes the following distri
buttons; To the poor. in general. 1
baskets OF provisions. clothing an
20 pairs Of artificial stockings file
with toys and eatables; TO an infan,
10 cans of condensed milk; The Della
2 ware colony at Stockley, a box con
: tanning q victrola records, clothine
nuts and candy; invalids and shut-ins
greeting cards and flowers: Tn
Mayors Relief fund. $40. A substan
tial cash donation was also made I,
the Near East Relief.