Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1955-04-22
NelU CARE Package
Is Placed On Sale
(Continued from page one)

Pointing out that Delaware's
banks have cooperated in the CAKE
food crusade since its beginning In
1945, Mrs. Huppman said the bank
ers association is assisting the new
one-dollar sale in connection with
Know Your Bank Week, which
opened Monday.
Mrs. Huppman expressed deep
appreciation to the bankers asso-
citation for its renewed help in this
important work"
The CARE agency, private, nom
profit organization for direct inter
national aid, provides U. 5. gov
ornamental surplus food packages
to underfed peoples in 80 countries.
The one dollar fee will now buy
up to 100 pounds of food for
needy institution such as school,
hospital, orphanage, nursery, old
age home or sanitarium. The fam
lily food packages, also costing one
dollar. average II and half
pounds with the contents varying
according to dietary needs in the
area where they arc distributed.
The new CARE bargain is posi-
BILE, Mrs Huppman said, because
about 30O,000,040 pounds of govern
ment surplus stocks have been
made available for the 1855 food
crusade.
Once ordered, the CARE pack
ages are made up and delivered
abroad by the CARES foreign staff.
Unlike previous CARE packages,
the one dollar unit cannot be sent
to a particular individual or insti-
tutioi, abroad.
CARE, she explained, selects the
recipient of the dollar food package
but it is delivered in the name of
the American purchaser, who gets
receipt signed by the beneficiary
showing exactly where his food
was delivered.
| Since it was organized, CARE,
which is supported by rs accredited
American service organizations, has
delivered over 100,000,000 pounds of
food to underfed peoples abroad.
Still in need, Mrs. Huppman en-
phasized, are millions who have es-
capped from the Iron Curtain and
are in refugees areas, others who
were devastated by the Korean War
and still others who have fled to
Wet Nam, as well as people in Aus
tria, Bolivia, Greece. India, Israel,
Italy, Pakistan, Peru. Western Ger
many, Berlin and Yugoslavia.
Since the founding of the CARE
crusade, Delaware's banks have
played an important role in the
success of the program. In fact,
the Wilmington Plan" for CARE,
inaugurated by that city's banks,
set nationwide pattern which is
credited with getting the crusade
under way.
Though it was launched with
much national fanfare shortly af-
ter World War ii, CARE languised
at first. People didn't know about it
or they didn't understand how it
worked. They persisted in going to
their banks or post office, hoping
to send help direct to friends and
relatives abroad.
| At length, a few Wilmington
bankers heard about the program,
| investigated it and set about push
ing it in this state. Persons who
inquired at banks about sending
cash or food abroad were told of
CARE and the banks began taking
orders as a-free service.
Later, the bankers called meet
ing of representatives of 26 Del
aware organizations, including Ia
Dor unions, veterans units and
church groups, at which CARE was
explained and the representatives
were urged to spread the word
among their memberships.
After that CARE began to snow
ball in Delaware and the state still
leads the nation in per capita sales
of CARE packages. SO successful
was this effort that the national
CARE headquarters blue printed it
as the wilmington Plan" and in
troduced it in communities through
out the nation.
In Delaware, the CARE spirit
spread to many quarters. Not only
persons with relatives abroad but
other individuals and groups
school classes, church organiza-
tions-toOk up collections for CARE
! packages.
Basically, the plan was a success
because it was such a broad com
munity effort, say the bankers. Vir-
tUally every major organization in
Delaware supported the program
along with the newspapers, radio
and TV stations.
For information, phone z. w
Hagemeyer, Wilmington 5-6144.