Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-04-01
CHARITIES APPEAL
FOR INCREASED AID
Demands on Association
Growing Fast-Every
Citizen Urged to Help.

Have you voted" with this direct
question addressed to the people of
Washington, the annual Easter ap-
peal for contributions to carry on the
family service and relief work of the
Associated Charities is now being
conducted by the special campaign
committees. headed by Arthur HELEN.
and including Dwight Clark, Franklin
H. ELLIS. William J. Flather, jr.;
Charles c. Glover. tr.: Coleman Jen-
nings. E. Lee Jones, NeWbold Noyes,
Cleveland Perkins and r. H Wilmer,
The goal set for this campaign, as
in previous years, Is 10000 members
Of various classes. starting at 81 for
associate" membership and advanc-
ing to IS for active" membership,
$40 for special" s25 for supporting"
$50 for Sustaining" and 500 for a
capital" membership. Every mem
bership contribution is taken to mean
a vote of a very practical and enec"
tive character for the support of the
charitable services rendered by the
Associated Charities and it's connected
relief agency known as the Citizens
Relief Association.
Already more than $500 men and
women of Washington have sent in
their votes" in this practical form
and by 50 doing have provided part
of the minimum budget of $4,000 es-
timated for the continuance OF this
family welfare work through another
year. This budget is based on very
careful estimates approved by the
board of managers for the fiscal year
which began October l, 1924 The aim
is to complete this budget during the
remaining days of this campaign up
to Easter Sunday.
The campaign committee is max
ing a special. effort to enlist the larg-
er support of the membership of the
leading civic clubs and commercial
groups. In preparation for this, the
committee had careful count made
of the members of these organiza-
tions who last year subscribed to the
funds of the Associated Charities and
the Citizens Relief Association, in
Guiding all who gave to the SUNNI er
outings committee for the support
of Camp Good VIII and Camp Pleas
ant, and also for the christmas
opportunities" fund to maintain GER
tain families throughout the year.
The committee is DESTROYS of making
a fresh appeal to every member of
these various clubs to vote yes" on
this question now. All are invited
to send in their membership to these
family service organizations for the
current fiscal year ending September
80.
In it's letters of appeal the commit
tee calls attention in a graphic way
to the growth of Washington during
the ~ years that the Associated
Charities has been at work in the city.
At the time of its organization there
were 17T,624 people living in the Dis
trict. Today this number has grown
to 4S6,936, and 1t is estimated that by
1880 there will be $4,000 people liv-
ing IN Washington. This growth is
graphically represented by drawings
of the Washington Monument. These
drawings are proportionately scaled
to represent the growth of population.
1t is this rapid growth which, in the
judgment of the committee, warrants
the invitation to the citizens of
Washington to give on an enlarg ed
scale to the support of this city wide,
non -sectarian family welfare work.
The treasurer of the joint finance
committee of the Associated Charities
is Ord Preston, 1922 Eleventh street
northwest, and the chairman rs Milton
(. Allies.