Evening star., 1941-01-23
Christmas Committee
Reports Campaigns
Raised $4,000
Stur-N. B. C.-Wurner
Bros. Fund Alone
TotoIed $l1,878

Approximately $4,000 was con-
tributed by Washingtonians- to the
annual Christmas campaigns Of the
various groups joined together in the
Citizens Christmas Committee, ac-
cording to the final report of that
organization released today. The
Citizens Christmas Committee was
organized year ago under the
auspices of the Council of Social
Agencies.
The Star-N. B. C.-Warner Bros.
Christmas fund totaled $l1,8786 66,
which was used to send a check to
families certified by public and
private agencies: Public Assistance
Division. w. P. A., Health Depart
ment Nursing Bureau, Protective
Service Unit, Juvenile Court, Cath
olic Charities, Family Service Asso-
citation, Bureau of Rehabilitation,
Travellers Aid Society, Christmas
Bureau, I. V. N. S., Childrens Pro-
tective Association.
After all the families known to be
IN need by these agencies had been
| cared for, there was $2,376.16 left.
This was divided among the five
private agencies participating in the
''neediest families"
The Washington Post raised s8-
3o39O for the "neediest families" re-
ported by five private family agen-
cles: American Legion Welfare De-
partment, Bureau of Rehabilitation.
catholic Charities, Family Service
ASSOCIATION and Salvation Army.
Sits Raised for Toy Shop.
The Times-Herald received Sits
IN cash for use by the Tow Shop
Toys, both old and new, were solic-
lted by the Times-Herald, and Loew
Ineaters; The Evening Star, WMAL
and Warner Bros Theaters. and bv
other theaters. The estimated value
placed on the toys donated is SIS 900.
The WJSV-News Shoe Fund raised
1889, which was turned over to the
Congress of PIT. A. and the Fed
Grafton of PIT. A. for the purchase
OF shoes for needy school children.
Groceries contributed through
VOLS Country Store were estimated
as worth conservative $500. The
final inventory is as follows: Two
hundred pounds salt: IT'S pounds
sugar; 402 pounds coffee and tea:
518 pounds meat; 1.575 pounds flour;
3474 pounds fresh vegetables: 4,714
pounds fresh fruit; 1922 cans of
food.
This food was given to the follow
ing agencies for distribution in con-
nection with their services for relief
and rehabilitation of families:
Family Service Association, Catholic
Charities, Jewish Social Service
Agency, Bureau of Rehabilitation,
Salvation Army, American Legion
Welfare Office Protective Services
Unit. Health Department Nursing
Bureau and Travellers Aid.
$4,000 Toys Distributed.
The Toy Shop, operated by the
District of Columbia Recreation De-
partment, reported that $4,000 toys
were distributed to about 1855
children.
The committee also was respon.
sible for the operation of the Christ.
mas Bureau, which maintained
central clearance file of all families
being helped by different oreaniza-
tions. The purpose of this file is.to
prevent duplicate gifts being sent
| to one family, while another receives
none.
A total of 9.247 families were reg
iStered with the Christmas Bureau
by welfare agencies, churches,
schools and independent groups or
clubs providing some form of Christ
mas gifts. OF this total 6,5o6 were
unduplicated, 7l0 were partial dupli-
cations and 2,O31 were complete
Implications.
Mrs. John Jay O'Connor, chair
man of the Citizens Christmas Com
mittee, made the following state
ment IN reviewing this years work:
The committee is very apprecia-
tive of the generous response of the
citizens of Washington to this ap-
peal for help to needy families at
Christmas. I am sure that the
Christmas of each donor was extra
happy because he or she had the
satisfaction of knowing that few, if
any, families in Washington were
forgotten at Christmas.
Eve particularly wish to commend
with gratitude the untiring and ef-
fective efforts of the newspapers,
radio stations, theaters, taxi COM
panies and other groups to make
this Christmas the success that
it was"