The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1925-04-30
TO SOUND CALL
FOR CHEST FUND
Annual Canvas for Keno
sha Community Chest
Staged Soon.
HELPS TEN AGENCIES
Drive Expected to Refill Com
munity Chest to Carry On
Work of Charitable Agencies.

Announcement was made this morn
ing that the annual canvas for the re-
filing of the Kenosha Community
Chest will be staged in Kenosha next
week starting on Thursday, May 5, and
continuing until Saturday, May 9. A
large part of this canvas will con-
sist of checking UP new wageearners in
Kenosha and giving them the oppor-
tunity to become contributors to the
Community Chest fund.
The campaign and publicity commit
tee are now at work on the prepare
tory outlines for the campaign, which
have brought the hope that the names
of hundreds Of new subscribers will be
put on this roll Of honor and that the
amount of the fund will be very ma
terially increased for the coming year.
Has. Shown It's Value.
Kenosha now fully understands the
meaning of community responsibility
as shown by the very generous res
ponse during the past two years to
the Community Chest appeal. The
people of Kenosha, to a greater degree
than in most cities, have accepted this
responsibility for caring for the poor
of the city, providing for the depen-
dent, sick and generally under-privil-
eyed people, for building the health
and character of its young people and
especially for the constructive work of
getting at the causes of poverty, dis
ease and crime, represented by wrong
influences and conditions and eradi-
eating these conditions and causes as
rapidly as possible.
The Kenosha Community Chest, in
it's years of existence, has shown the
people of this city the way for each
to carry his or her share of the COM
munity burden, according to his or
her ability to earn. 1t endeavors to
adjust this share fairly and squarely,
to distribute it throughout the COM
munity where all share the privileges
and advantages and where they must,
by some token, share the responsible
ties. 1t endeavors to reach each one
with its service, according to his or
her needs, and to take from each in
turn, according to his or her ability.
In 1924 10000 Kenosha wageearners
contributed to the filling of the Ke-
nosha Community Chest. The amount
distributed among the various agen
cies was $102, 845.83. There is bal
ance on hand of $16,598.42, which is
invested in government securities and
which is being held as an emergency
fund 1t is hoped that when the can
vas in completed this year, at least
$125,000 will be raised for the 1925
work so that even greater. degree of
efficiency may be obtained by this mu-
tual organization.
The agencies which derive sheir OPP
Grating deficiencies and maintenance
from the Community Chest fund are:
The Kenosha hospital, The ST. Cath
crimes hospital, the Boy Scouts, the
Girl Scouts, the Salvation Army, Car
melite Sisters Home for the Aged,
Service Department of the American
Legion, The Kenosha Service League,
the Kenosha Free Clinic and the Ke-
nosha branch of the ti-Tuberculosis
association.
Many on Permanent Pledge.
There will be no regular campaign
carried (on this year through the fac
tories of the city for the reason that
most of the employees of the factor
les are on permanent pledge. There
will only be a check-up on new en-
ployees, and thise who are not con-
tributors to the fund. The canvas will
be among the retail and business dis
tricts largely where there have been
a great number of changes during the
year.
One hundred men beside the general
committee will handle this work of
canvassing, and with their aid it is
hoped that the campaign will be COM
pieted within two days. A more de-
tailed announcement of the campaign
plans will be made within few days
by the committee in charge.