Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1960-11-27
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Letters q
To CARE
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land their parents-from Po-
land to India-from Haiti to
.Iran-had enough to eat.
many for the first time. dur
Ing the past year as the result
s'of the generosity Of WASH
ingtonians who contributed
TO CARES 1859 CARE Dollar
DAY" campaign.
i CARE surplus food pack
ages have been distributed to
The neediest people in Is
countries from the $1,000
raised in the one-day cam
.paign, last December.
CARE is now planning its
third, annual Dollar Day."
for Thursday. Meanwhile
letters of gratitude in the
CARE files testify how much
the food packages are appre-
aciated. Many Of the letters
were addressed simply to
People of Washington-Dol-
lar Day." One had the salu-
tation: Dear Miss People:
another ''Mr. Dollar Day"
From Berlin
A Berliner wrote, Dear Mr..
People. Many thanks for the
gift which you sent my fam
lily. Have five children, 2 to
IL years, all have a big appe-
tite. Greetings and have q
good crop!"
A letter from CARES mis-
sion chief in Poland describes
the distribution Of 1872 food
packages in Wyszkow, 30
miles from Warsaw, which
was very badly affected dur
ing the war the popula-
ton was reduced from $4,000
to 5000 families. Many of
the people are in very bad
condition physically because
of the difficulties they went
through at the time"
K CARE Mission Chief Oden
'Meeker in India wrote, "The
support given to WASHINGTON
CARE dollar Day" made It
possible for us to distribute
I25 CARE Food Crusade
packages to some Of the
ineediest people Of India.
These packages have gone
to the Andhra Free Health
Center, Hyderabad. Milk is
distributed in liquid form
every day to about 1000
,beneficiaries, both children
and adults. They are from
families who cannot afford
q full diet and the milk the
people Of Washington have
helped provide is meeting q
real need"
i Mr.. James Moody of the
CARE Mission in Yugoslav-
la wrote that 1872 packages
went to poor children in
,orphanages and boarding
high schools in the form of
rice and margarine ship.
ments which were used to
enrich the daily food ration
of the children in these in
stitutions."
e Case Histories
- The CARE mission chief
IN Berlin sent a brief case
history Of each Of the 1873
beneficiaries who received
Food Crusade packages.
Many Of the recipients
wrote their thanks. One
said. "Your gift was very
valuable to me and made me
very happy. It is wonderful
that there are people in the
world who are willing to
help their fellow men,"
Another thank-you from
Berlin: Il want to thank you
from the bottom of my heart
for the CARE package I re-
ceived last month. It makes
me very happy to know, that
someone, that I have never
met and who is so far away,
has the time to think of me-"
From Ecuador, Chief of the
CARE Mission Don Macy,
wrote: There are many UNI
derprivileged mothers and
children in Ecuador who live
on a near-starvation diet.
Your generous contribution
has provided milk for a
number of these unfortunate
people,"
The CARE representative
in Korea wrote that 1882
Dollar Day packages went
to some 80 former North Ko-
rean families with 1922 per-
sons. This group of refugees
who roamed about the vast
coast of Korea were brought
together by the government
in 1858 and given permission
to reclaim the land facing
the Yellow Sea. In order to
undertake in a short time
this gigantic task, the project
members must be kept work.
ing at it, and as the work
earns them no income, food
assistance from outside source
is a must. This is where the
order from the people Of
Washington was used"