Evening star., 1924-10-26
m,0)O IS SOUGHT
f0RGAR|TA NEEDY
Allies Tomorrow mill Appeal
Tor Associated Charities
and Citizens Relief.

Miiton II. -AlteS, ch&irman Since
1912 of the joint finance conn ni ittee
of the Associated Charities and. Citie
zens' Relief Association, -wiil send
ont tomorrow the first appeal for
$4,000 for these family welfare ar
Sanizatfons for their new fiscal wear.
which began October l. Accompany
Ing the appeal will be a lkaflet giving
brief survey OF the work for the
past IL months. This leaflet is the
eighth OF series which has been
issued annually. 1t Us entitled "Diyi-
genus ana Is intended to show in
terms or human helpfulness what re-
turns have been Forthcoming to the
investors In this enterprise Of family
welfare.
The report makes a special point
OF the factrthat among 5,l17 tndiyid- :
1a!s IN the l,224 families befriendn
s,11S@ were children. 1t is the we,
rare OF the children that is felt a.
oe inc special object of consideration.
Paid lO,aO6 Visits.
The foundation Of the entire vort
OF the Associated Charities AZ sst
iortn In the report, Is the personal
service rendered in the care and
Treatment or the families assisted.
me vaiue or this service In terms Of
feIlef from physical suffering. mental
anxiety and demoralized home life
cannot be measured" says the re-
port, in dollars and cents" The
society's workers paid 1896 visits
IN pursuit of their tasks They re-
ceived 6,647 Office calls from. appli-
cants and consultatives.
Of the families under care 555 re-
CURED financial assistance. This aid
was given to the extent of $38.203.37.
counting only money which passed
through the society's own treasury.
without regard to other aid obtained
from relatives. churches and the like
winch went directly TO the families,
largely at the society's suggestion
sickness Is noted as the disability
most in evidence in the 1924 families s
befriended, affecting 20 per cent To
meet this condition. the Associated
Charities used freely both govern
mental and private medical agencies
hospital care was obtained for 236
families and dispenssary treatment for
24s. City physicians were asked to
visit in 141 homes, and private ply
sicians gave voluntary medical serv-
ice to 50 families. One of the best
examples of social service teamwork
was the aid rendered by the Instruc-
tive Visiting, Child Welfare and other
public health nurses who responded
to the needs of 2sS. families.
The work at Camp Good Will and
Camp Pleasant last summer. by which
1895 vacations were afforded to 333
families, goo of which were not in
cluded in the 1,224 families otherwise
under care, also is noted.
Aided by Volunteer.
Acknowledgement is made of the
contributed service of 267 volunteers.
not counting the officers, and directors
of the society. These volunteers
paid 2.756 family visits. They gave
clerical and motor service. and 1s6
OF them sat in at the weekly con-
fsrenees held in the different dis
tricts.
A contribution which the society
makes to other social agencies
through its confidential registration
bureau is brought out by the fact
that last year. of the 11,f91 inquiries.
or registrations filed through the bu-
reau, more than 1000, or "a per cent
of those inquired about were found
to be already listed in the files of the
exchange. together, with the names of
the organizations or persons previ-
ously interested in these families
The report points out that through
this service the families were saved
an immense amount of duplication
of investigation.
Fund Reaches -s:66,s4S.
The thrift teaching of the society
for the past IS years through its
provideRt, saving fund is also referred
to. A total of $266.S45.57 has been
deposited in small sums within this
time. Last year the deposits totaled
$14,930.s7.
The fact that the Associated Chari-
ties has at its. disposal a nationwide
service through its out-of-town cor
iS n a q Il
Similar societies over the country are
pledged to seek out relatives, verify
references, or to gain other informa
ton which will enable the local or
gan ization to make suitable plans for
any given family under it's care. In
the same way the Washington Asso-'
ciated Charities renders similar
service to out-of-town societies.
Housing In rProbien. :.
One of the dtGicult problems faced
by the Associated Charities at present
is the housing question. In its effort
to meet this situation, 79 families
last year we're removed to better
homes. leaving ,179 others still re-
ported as living In unfit surroundings.
This shows the need of more sanitary
dwelling places within rach of fami-
lies of limited means.
The present appeal for the general
work of the Associated Charities and
Citizens Relief Association and does
not include the newspaper appeal at
Christmas time for its Fourteen
Christmas Opportunities nor the ap-
peal of the Summer Outing Committee
issued in June. Ten, thousand persons
will be invited this Year to invest in
the several departments of family
welfare work. Those who gave to the
three funds last year numbered 5,5S4
-. orl
other organizations, Contributions
may be sent in care of the Joint
Finance Committee, Ord Preston,
treasurer, 1922 Elaventh street.