The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-25
S865,OOO SET
AS GOAL FOR
CHARITY DRIVE
$500 Volunteers TO Take
Active Part in Campaign
for Community Fund.
INCREASE is $4,000
Sum Regarded as Minimum
Necessity to Meet
Winter Demands.

Twenty hundred volunteer
workers in the eleventh annual In
dianapolis Community Fund cam
paign, Oct. II to 81, will solicit the
sum of $S65,0oo, w. H. Insley, fund
president, announced today.
In the opinion of the fund direc-
tors, the goal barely represents the
minimum necessary to meet the
coming winters demands, and that
amount must be raised. they de-
clare The 1865 900 is an increase
of $4,000 over the $752,O00 raised
last year The goal of 1855, 900 in
cludes deficit Of $4,000 incurred
during the past year due to in
creased expenditures for relief work.
Community Fund officials believe
that the general public understands
why the drive must be a success
this year." Insley declared. 1.-THE
campaign is a ringing challenge to
the generosity Of all who have the
;ocial and economic welfare of In
0ianapolis at heart"
Increase Reflects Unemployment
Fund leaders believe the increase
In relief appropriations from agen-
cies giving material relief has been
a direct reflection of current I'M
employment, and they are of the
opinion that demands of the coming
winter will be the heaviest in the
funds history.
One of the thirty-flYe agencies of
the fund, the Family Welfare So
ciety, spent SOL, 903 for relief in
twelve months during 1929 and 1880
as against $56,823 in the previous
twelve months, it was pointed out.
A total of Silt individual families
were helped by the Family Welfare
Society during 1929-193O, while the
previous year, 2,214 families were
helped, records show.
Arthur v. Brown, campaign chair
man, declared: THE approaching
campaign presents an Unusual OPP
portunity for the display of peace
time patriotism to all persons en-
ployed and to those of substantial
means in meeting the requirements
of community welfare, health and
relief work.
$1,000 Subscribed in 1929
Indianapolis must and will rise
TO this emergency" Brown said.
1--WE are counting on the publics
past generosity and present under
standing of what is confronting us
as a city"
Sixty-two thousand citizens sub
scribed to the fund last year, while
10000 were contributors when the
fund came into existence ten years
ago. Directors insist that those re-
sponsible for the administration of
the fund have applied every good
business principle to its handling.
Outstanding citizens of Indian
apoliS serve without pay as officers
and members of the board of direc-
tors and all solicitors are volunteers.
Become Red Cross Members
Subscribers to the campaign who
pledge 81 or more automatically will
become paid-up members to the
American Red Cross for the year
1881. The Indianapolis chapter of
the Red Cross is fund agency and
does not conduct a membership
campaign in this city.
Arthur r. Baxter, president of the
Keyless Lock Company, has been
named chairman of the special gifts
division. Baxter has been a leader
in Community Fund work for sew
eral years.
A meeting of special gifts division
workers was held today at the In
dianapolis Athletic Club, when So
licitation plans were discussed.