The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1946-08-09
THE HAMILTON
Community CHEST
OTIS BRIGGS, Executive Secretary

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OTIS BRIGGS, Executive Secretary
The community chest has operated
in Hamilton for 25 years. During this
time it has raised $4,000, 100000 in
Hamilton and it's vicinity which has
been spent by the constituent agencies
operating in the field Of health, well
fare, and recreation for the benefit
of all the people.
The community chest does not recog-
nize any dividing line of race, creed,
color nor does it depart in it's func
tion from the democratic belief that
all men regardless of wealth, occupa-
tion, or organizational affiliation are
full fledged members of the cOmmun-
ity and as citizens entitled to partici-
pate fully in the affairs of the COM
munity-to SOW the seeds Of good cit
izenship and reap the benefits of it..
The ultimate objective of the chest
in it's striving to be democratic is to
have every citizen contributing to it
and every citizen receiving service
from it.
In some measure this is true at pres
ent. There is some member in practic-
ally every family who contributes.
Last year we received nearly 10000
contributions ranging from over $780,
900 to SO cents.
Also in a general way every person
in Hamilton benefited from commun-
ity chest services. In addition to the
nearly 5000 children who participat-
ed in the youth agencies and the 81
900 individuals who benefited direct
ly through the health services, the
1000 people who benefited through
the welfare services and the 1000
veterans that sought guidance at the
veterans center everyone benefited
through the general values that come
to the community that has organized
social services.
The health services help prevent
the spread of communicable disease
which is threat to us all.
Family and youth services kept
down the bill for delinquency and
broken homes.
When we say "give to the commun-
ity chest we don't really mean that
for people really give through" the
community chest. The chest is really
an administrative and organizational
unit. 1t raises the funds, allocates
them, and supervises their expenditure
through twelve different agencies that
function in the field Of health, well
fare, and recreation.
The attempt each year is to secure
as representative board as is possi-
BILE. 1t might be of interest to look
at our present board and see what
they represent There are Catholics,
Jews, and Protestants on the board.
Two members are Negroes. Four men,
bers are women. There is a consid-
cradle age range.
Four members are from industrial
management. Four members repre-
sent organized labor. One is minis
ter. One is county commissioner. One
is city councilman. One is a fore
man in an industrial plant. One is an
hourly worker in a plant. Three are
lawyers. Four are housewives. Four
are merchants. One is a builder. Two
are bankers. One is school teacher.
One may ask eff the chest does not
give service as such and it is the agen-
cies that really do the job what are
the values in the chest?" Let me list
some of the answers.
/. The chest combines IL campaigns
for funds into one SO that givers can
give once for all the chest agencies
and people only have to work and give