Milford chronicle., 1956-03-16
Red Cross Fund Raising
Drive Starts Today
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The funds raised locally enable
the Red Cross to carry out its To-
cal, state. and national program of
Disaster Relief, Water Safety, First /
Aid, Home Nursing and Home Ser
vice for members of the Armed T
Forces. Last year the American
Red Cross spent over s112, s000sl
OF which 37 million vert for Ser
vices TO the Armed Forces, p mir
| lion t5 Flood and Disaster Relief, |
IA million to Red Cross Blood Pro-
gram, IA million to Health and
Safety Services. million for Fund
Raising and public Information, 8
i million for Junior Red Cross and
community service, II million went
/ for Administration of this large en-
/ terprise with over 1000 full time
workers and over 100000 regular
volunteer workers in local chap
ters who receive no pay. Delaware
supports full-tiane workers and
labout $500 volunteer workers here
in the state Area in this part OF
he state has over 100 volunteer
workers not counting over 200 who
! help with the Annual Fund Rails
ing.
:. During the past year over 36 mil
llion dollars was spent on the East
q Coast foods and on the California
Floods. A special drive last sum-
liner netted Is millions for disaster
relief. At present there is but one
million left in the Red Cross Dis
s aster Reserve Fund with the food
season just coming up again in the
spring. Television and newsreels
Ihave brought to the public atten-
ton the vast devastation OF floods
and hurricanes the past year which
was the greatest disaster year in
the nations history.
The Red Cross Water Satisfy
+ program locally has provided OPP
portunity for over 200 Milford area
youth to learn how to swim. The
program is under the direction of
/. David Hugg of Milford. The local
1 Home Service Department for
members of the armed services has
served over so cases the past year
with $50 volunteer hours of work
by Mrs. George Baynun as chair
man with the aid of Mrs. James
] Cresson. They handle requests for
l emergency leave vertifcatiOn sent
to the local chapter by various
units of the armed forces. The Eed
Cross helps get the local facts per-
tanning to each case but all deci-
sions are made by the particular
/ branch of the armed services con-
| cerned. The local Red Cross also
| gives financial assistance to SER
/ vice men and their families Home
! service in Milford also gave fnan-
cial aid to victims of six fires dur
ing the past year. These services
were also extended to surrounding
communities in this area The ex-
pansion of the Dover Air Base has
more than doubled the number of
Home Service cases in Area 6, as
many servicemen live in the COM
munities covered by this area.
A kickoff meeting of all
workers and Captains in Area
was held Tuesday night at the
Caulk Auditorium at which time
a Red Cross film ON the 1856
foods was shown. Mrs. Ethel Mey-
ers. the Executive Director of the
Delaware Red Cross, also spoke
and emphasized to the local work
ers that the Red Cross is always
ready to meet any catastrophy and
that the Red Cross goes to mesi
peoples basic living needs in such
2times of crisis, providing housing
food, clothing and medical service
to the victims. She also commented
on the fact that Area 6 has an un-
usually fine record of Red Gross
work done in the past and in meet
ing its Fund Raising Goals. The
Red Cross needs your continued
support. Please be generous when
a worker calls on you during the
] next two weeks campaign. Any
one wishing TO volunteer as q
worker or any one with any ques-
/ ton about Red Cross should con-
tact the Area Chairman, Tom Faix
5526, Mrs. Charles Swain, 8473, Oh
Mrs. George Baynum, 4235.