Evening star., 1933-11-27
CHES! GOES OVER
S1,0l0,0llD FIGURE
Soliciting Army of 5000
Workers Report s90,760
Over Week End.
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continued their house-to-house canvass
for funds.
Additional pleas for generous support
Of the Chest came from a number OF
pupits Yesterday Clergymen laid
stress on the fact that although Fed
eral relief this year is aiding the un-
employed. there remains huge relle1
lob to be done in other fields by the
Chest organizations.
How monthly payments will provide
for the needs of unfortunate wards of
the various agencies during the coming
year was described in a statement from
campaign headquarters today, as fol-
lows:
"A pledge of so cents a month, when
paid for service through the year tc
the Community Chest, will provide
nursing visits to sick man, woman
or child, will pay for one years mem
bership at the Y M. C. A. for two boys
CT to 12 years of age, will care for a
baby under 3 years of age for one week
at foster home, will provide nursing
care at birth to a mother and new
baby, will provide a quart Of milk daily
to undernourished child or sick per-
son for seven weeks or will care for a
colored baby for a month in a day
nursery while the mother works.
"A payment Of 60 cents month will
give weeks good board for widowed
mother or her child at Summer camp;
and rs cents month will provide full
privileges of the Y. M. c. A to a boy
5 to 18 years of age including SWIM
ming. gymnasium and choice of SO edu-
cational and recreational clubs; or will
Ind the visiting nurse twice a week
iCr a month to care for some old per-
son crippled with rheumatism or bed
, ridden with paralysis.
"A contribution of 80 cents a month
will feed child for a month in an
orphanage while IS cents a month will
! keep blind man employed for a week
s at the Columbia Polytechnic Institute
for the Blind; or will give a years men,
bership to two boys or two girls under IA
years of age at the Jewish Community
Center.
"A contribution of 81 a month will
provide nurse daily for 10 days to
care for child sick with pneumonia
while 30 a month will pay for nurs-
ing care daily to mother and new
baby until the baby is days old
or will take care of an anemic child
or tired mother for two weeks at a
Summer camp.
Other Benefits Described.
"A COnLrlDutlOn OF 81 81 month Will
care for a crippled man who is receiving
training through the Vocational Re
habilitation Bureau for a month; while
81 month will pay the rent for a
family of five for one month
The person who gives $3.50 month
provides for care for an aged person for
month in a home; while gift of 81
month will take care of delicate
mother and child in their home for a
month and give the mother the oppor-
tunity to recover her health. or it will
provide four quarts OF milk daily for
1our tube~cular Children for six months,
Or care for three aged couples for one
month in their own homes.
Only $S a month is required to care
for one girl for 10 weeks at the Y. W.
camping benefits for one week each; or
1T will provide board for a mother for
two months during convaleScence so
that she can re-eSta blish her home with
two children. As an alternative it will
buy Is pairs of real leather shoes for
school children"
When Washington awakens to the
great deal that can be done with such
small monthly sum, l am sure that
Washington, as it always has in the
past. viii meet the very real crisis that
exists Chairman Hogan said Il still
believe in Washington and I believe that
cur people are not going to let the Com
nunlty Chest fail to reach its goal