Evening star., 1923-03-31
CHAR|T|ESFUND
REACHES S35,20O
Organizations Appeal for Re-
maInder of $55,OO0 Needed
/ to Complete Budget.

OF ine $4,000. which the Associase se i
Charities ard Citizens Relief Asso-
Siation must raise by voluntary con-
t"fbutions to cover their budgets for
lie ycar ending September 50, 1923,
u u noon today S35.252.IS was in
L .1d. The number Of contributing
t.cnloerships I toward the 10000 need
e totalled S.so1. With one Of the
,ontrl buttons this morning comes 4
y -ssase which is not uncommon. "I
y iss l had lots OF money-this IS one
gee l would put Il, knowing it
N"uiu be used 10 good advantage.
Unfortunately I have only a little"
Jh" writer, however, subscribes FOR
associate membership.
What Membership Means,
During its Easter campaign both in
Is publicity and in its appeals, the
asSo'iated Charities ami Citizens
RELIEF Association have emphasized
Che fact that not only Is money need
eI, hut that further object OF mem
lerShip is to make every one who
gives feel that he IS in reality part
r"r or Sharer in this work Of family
upbui.ding. Few persons have the
time or find themselves fitted to make
social diagnosis Of family needs
when an applicant otherwise un-
known to them applies for assist
GICe.
The opportunity, however, is afford
fl every one who 50 desires to be-
oJne a working unit In an organ:za-
ton that has for it's object the con-
s,rvati6n OF family life, an organiza-
ton whose instruments are visitors,
sometimes called social physicians,
WORKING under supervision yet con-
sttntly acquiring new skill. greater
tA"FtQlneSS, wider experience, and
Litter understanding Of the task be-
fore theIn.
Books of Tickets Issued.
Ia order to cement more closely its
relationship to it's contributors, the
associated Charities issues d book OF
ckets to every new active member.
theSe books contain tickets or cou-
Tons each Of which is registered in
the name Of the member, who there
fore does not need in any u-ay to
Sign his name in giving out one OF
these tickets. Each ticket is Il guar
satec that when presented iy the
sHplicant lie will be sympathetically
S3cial workers who know .he re-
Iources of the city and how to use
ftenl 20 the advantage of those In
20 OF medical aid, institutional care.
1rsiHS attention, employment, legal
a~SlStancc or immediate financial heIn
=, fhe steps in the plan as outlined
the Instructions which go with
s-tch book arc. IF the applicant is
t?ineIess .,, send him to US with one
G2.t i!TeS in Washington send us to
no. Our telephone is Main 992. 3.
" q" VIII give first aid or visit tn.
me at once. I. You will receive a
T Vp"rt IF what we are able to DO to
ffp. .. II you do not hear you will
a!ipW that the person referred to US
ca not come When this system was
cholhed many years ago a first edi-
t'"n ~ 5000 was ordered. This edt-
on IS now exhausted and the second
one Of 5000 is being issued
chance for Easter Offering.
tnE contributor whose book Of
N%kctS has been either misplaced or
1Sed up may obtain a new book lDon
quest and any associate member.
et"h though not an active member
tS do the same
With the coming of Easter Sunday
," finance committee of the Asso-
lated Charities and Citizens Relief
LSSvciatlon hopes many more persons
4, i'll be moved to make IAN Easter
G. fcrInS' in the form of Il contribu-
ton or membership and that Eas-
t.r Monday may bring in the mails to
Howard 5. Recside. treasurer, 923 III
rect northwest, n substantial in
ease in memberships and donations
sNsVtry one who thus responds will
thereby become Il partner in this con-
ructlve service for those in need