Evening star., 1926-11-14
YIN. CA. CAMPAIGN
$3O,00OFROM GOAL
Last Report Shows $16,688
Has Been CoIIected-Drive
to End Wednesday.

Y. M. c. A. campaign workers who
are canvassing Washington for $50, 900
with which to balance the associa-
tion's annual budget must raise more
than $50, 900 by Wednesday afternoon
if they expect the success which has
marked the associations efforts in
the past. NJ. o. Chance, general chair
man of the campaign, warned the
workers in statement last night.
The last report showed $16.688, he
said. which is expected to be ma.
terially increased at the luncheon to-
morrow afternoon Of team workers at
the City Club, when the first report
since Friday afternoon will be made.
The money is needed said Mr..
CHANGE, to carry on activities of the
association which are not well under
stood. but whose value increases every
year. This work is supported en-
tirely by the community. he said. and
In turn the community benefits.
Many Services Rendered.
The service department Of the Y.
NJ. G. A. has become a national clear
ing house for the transaction of buSi-
ness OF every conceivable nature, said
Mr.. Chance. Because of the location
ASIC Va luG I'd IJlLtI req uoSlS LOT S6IN-
Ice come from all sections of the
country, some of them by mail or
telegram, and others by personal calls
Not long ago the Y. NJ. c. A obtained
q marriage license, a minister and a
ceremony for couple who wanted
to get married, and in the same day
started man on the road to getting
his citizenship. while it procured per-
mission for the wife of still another
man 10 enter the country from Europe.
In addition, 1t supplies speakers for
rellglouS meetings throughout the
country. obtains information from the
Government and directs others how
TO go about helping themselves.
The employment service, which is
rendered free, said Mr.. Chance,
placed 218 out Of the 319 men who
applied for positions last year and
gave interviews to some ,466 other
Aen who found themselves needing
advice and help which could come
from no other local agency or institu-
ton. The location in Washington of
many universities and schools which
are advertised nationally brings to
Washington every year scores of young
men who picture the Capital sa place
where jobs are many and easy to get
said Mr.. Chance, and especially during
the Fall the Y. M. c. A. is swamped
with these young men who know Of
no other place TO so. who are broke
hungry and out of a job. The asso.
citation provides them with food and
lodging while 1t seeks to place them
in contact again with their homes, and
either obtains employment for them
or helps them get back home.
Boys Department Expensive.
In addition, the associations reli.
gious work and its boys department,
while considered necessary, are losses,
financially speaking, to the Y. M. G..
A. In the boys department rates are
so low that they do not pay either for
the equipment or the service rendered
the boys. but admit, at the same time
hundreds Of young boys who other.
wise could not afford to join the Y
M. c. A.
Through the associations religious
department.. 146,317 men were reached
during the year just closed in the
3,699 meetings held in the Y. M. c. A,
In churches or other gathering places
under the auspices Of the association.
This year the association has placed
Earl B. Fuller, one Of it's secretaries
trained in boys work, at the disposal
OF the churches. He is now assisting
them in organizing boys religious
groups and In young peoples work.