Plentywood herald. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1908-current, 1930-04-17
For New
Child Hospital

SiiiiuIcH I1OIHc society mas Deen III
the business of receiving homeless
children and adopting them out into
good homes over the state. Over
$500 such children have been so plac-
ed. Should a history Of these children
be written telling Of the happy homes
into which they have gone and the
success they have had in life and the
achievements they have made it would
be as interesting reading as one
would care to read. Many of these
children are making a notable record
in life.
The Society has reason to be proud
of the work it has accomplished. The
Society has been trying to build and
improve OF its work as the years have
gone by. We have never felt satisfied
with just what we are doing today.
We want to do better work on the
morrow. Besides the Society wishes
to enlarge on its scope of usefulness
in dealing with the needy children Of
the State.
For a number of years the Society
has taken into its home children so
unfortunate as to loose on the their
parents. So broken up is the home
that the parents living seeks to put
their child or children into our Home
until such a time as they can give the
child a proper home life paying US a
small sum for the childs keep. They
could not think of parting with their
child and they e glad Of a place
as they could recall him. We are
glad to assist the parent at this crit
ical time. Many a parent has been
grateful for this timely help.
The Society has not been willing to
end u scope of helpfulness here We
find many a child over the state suf-
fering for want of an operation or
medical care not only children de-
prived of a home life but children in
homes where poverty prevents the
child receiving the needed operation
or medical aid. In spite of the fact
there are Hospitals offering to take in
such and the counties giving aid to
some there are hundreds over the
state who are in need Of such aid.
The hospitals which are Offering to
help needy children are crowded to
capacity. The Agents of the Society
who are travelling over the State in
their work are constantly meeting up
with cases where there is dire need Of
immediate help and we have regret
ted very much that we have not had
the equipment to give more Of these
children the needed help. Some of
the most need cases we have brought
in and sent the child home a normal
child sometimes at the entire expense
Of the Society and the generosity Of
the doctors.
Most of the homeless children
which We bring into the Home need
surgical or medical aid and many Of
them have to go to the City Hospital
for treatment which is always an ex-
pense to the Society. Had we a hos
pital of our own we could save much
Of this expense and spend it upon
some other poor handicapped child.
Experience has taught us that when
a child has been brought from any
community and we have returned that
child to it's home a normal and happy
child, that community, approaching
what we have done for a needy child
Of the community renumerates the
Society for what has been done, and
afterwards heartily lend their assist
ance. With the same Office force and
the same field force the Society can
assume this responsibility and keep
the work going.
During the past few weeks in our
drive for the hospital the writer has
found hearty approval from almost
every one approached. The response
has been far better than expected for
the times we are passing through,
This has put heart and hope into our
task. We are very grateful for this
hearty response.
F. r. Brown, District Supt.
I'LL End Ave. N, Great Falls.