The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1930-05-22
Chest Workers
Publish Report
: on Activities
committee Tells of Investiga-
t;ons Of Crarities, Compar-
;socs with Other Towns,
and Solicitation -

:, order that the people Of Ken
...,;et will have clear and con-
=. idea Of the work of the COM
=. unity chest, the committee has
a-.nared the following report OF
the 1880 drive:
Since its inception in Kennewick
the Community Chest has been
fuuetioning through two separate
and distinct committees. The first
committee was formed for the pur-
rose of investigating the. attitude
4 the community toward a COM
muuitv Chest. Members of this
eormittee were appointed from
the five organizations now repre-
,ented on the committee. During
December, the committee reported
that the people Of Kennewick gem
.rslly were in favor of conducting
Community Chest. The first
committee disbanded and the pres
ant committee was organized for
the purpose Of carrying on the act
i've work of conducting the chest.
In the eleven meetings of the
committee held since February,
every angle of the situation has
been discussed. The first duty
which devolved upon us was that
Of securing data from every avail
able source concerning the methods
Of conducting community chests.
We were able to profit by the ex-
periences of Yakima, Spokane,
lewiston, Pullman and Walla Wal
d, and adopt the method best suit
ed to our specific problems.
Our next duty was that of de-
dermining a budget and selecting
the charities to be included in the
Chest. The quota to be raised by
Nhs drive was fixed after investi-
2stion of the situation in other
dhes. We found that the sum of
s
100000 was less per capita than
that Of any of the chests we invest
gated.
The question Of the investigation
Of charities presented difficult
problem. The names of the char
fties to be investigated were deter
mined upon after the committee
members had an opportunity to
discuss the situation with their
respective organizations. The rep
nsentatives Of the various chart
ues were then called before the
committee and requested to be pre-
pared 70 give evidence Of the work
neir organization conducted, the
amount Of money raised in Kenne-
wick by it in the past, and the
method Of expanding it's funds.
Doiofe me drive was conducted
Ine committee secured a list of
names Of all individuals and bust
ness J houses located in the commun-
ny. A request was sent to the or
s :. for names of solicitors.
inese solicitors were each given
! nst OF names and their support
: evidenced !, in their success. Due
. tnelr efforts we are able to
pledges. anu
examinations included in the
snest will receive their allotment
needed. The disbursement of the
.auas viii be by the secretary and
~ sasurer, under the supervision of
committee. In this manner we
. s,Op0se to make payment in ac-
W.. .v,uanee with our budget and
upon assurance that +ba -
ssAa0on, as represented in onr
..s .e Investigation, is functionino
satisfactorily.
-. .uefe viii be a number of solicit
WIS representing charitable or
ss.1aslons who will make requests
satang the ensuing year. You are
b Ss,,.'eo to inform them that Won
aa'e :. contributed to the Commun.
sS,o sasst and that they should re-
g .ss It's secretary, Mr.. Vane
.aelr requests to the COMMITTEES
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