Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1931, Page 12

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 29, 1931 morethan ever this year In this 1931 campaign f.or 1932, your Community Chest through larger gifts and more gifts must raise $388,000 or 25% more for 1931 than was actually raised for 1930 for 62 local Charities and the American Red Cross Drought Relief. Here are the reasons for the necessary incr eases of 1931: UNEMPLOYMENT— Washington’s charitable organizations have the heaviest burden of unemployment relief in the his- tory of our city. More heads of families are out of work than ever before. There are more families with exhausted resousces; more with broken morale. "More people are sick from privation. There are more people than ever in our city’s history unable to pay all or part of the cost of hospital and nursing care. There are more broken families and more children applying for admission to orphan asylums. There are more people crowding into character- building organizations for wholesome use of unems- ployed time. GROWTH OF CITY— ‘Washington’s steady growth means a steady increase in the number of persons needing the help of charitable and philanthropic organizations. IMPROVED SERVICE FOR NEEDY— The health survey and the family survey, recently completed, recommended improvements in quantity g and quality of service by member organizations. 4 i £ nd 8 : § ‘These improvements are vitally necessary for the for ;xnllai;!em,:d”i hl::l:!selficiwflie"mset?smfl & 5 well-being of our fellow citizens. We'can’t do much 4 w iy 3 A improving in this hard year, but we must do what we ployment and resulting conditions, the demands " ahat this year will be greater, YEAR-’ROUND OPERATION OF FOR- . MER PART-TIME ORGANIZATIONS— Washington must raise $1,950,154.40 between January 26th and Febru- The Children’s Country Home, the: Burean-of Hes ary 4th.. Thousands of Washington families will require help from established habilitation and the Child Guidance Clinic ran for - s . o o 5 only part of last year, but will be operated for all of Community Fund Agencies this year that did not need this aid lasl. year. Meas. 1031, Tlis Eplscopat Home' for CHUdray*went ko ure your contribution 'by this need. new and improved quarters on January 1, with 50 per cent increased capacity. The people of our city need this year-'round increased service. We must finance it! GIFTS TO BE MADE UP— $100,000 of the Reserve Fund and the $50,000 gift from the Inaugural Committee, originally intended for the Reserve Fund, were added to the regular subscriptions of 1930 to meet the need created by unemployment. This additional sum of $150,000 is necessary merely to stdy even with last year's appropriations to member organizations. Several wealthy contributors have died. Others have left the city. Many who gave last year are now out of work and need aid themselves. Those who can give more in this human emergency must do so! GIVE MORE—THE NEED IS GREATER. Visiting nurses made thousands of visits in i A Ia;-gé ’);-rcenlagnz of the Communi ty Chest Dollar is spent for the care of AMERICAN RED CROSS DROUGHT Washington last year. Their burden will be children. In the coming year more children must be sheltered, fed and RELIEF— heavier this year. Send your dollars with them, clothed. Surely you will not deny them their chance in life. : that their heroic work may go on. In order to prevent interference with the Washington Chapter of the American Red Cross in raising its $100,000 quota of the Nation-wide $10,000,000 drought Relief Fund and i order also to save time of volun- 0 . teers and cost of duplicate solicitation, the Com- Oh that you could see in the flesh these thousands to whom the Community munity Chest has included the $100,000 for this fund e . . . . in its budget. This amount must be raised in addi- Chest Fund must mlmster'. . . orphaned children . . . crippled babies, the sick tdons tastHermuiiur ATRSDT8 40 FeduTied /by Kne Gomb and aged, the worthy destitute. Your heart and your purse should open to them. munity Chest for local rieeds. Do your share for e local and national emerge: by givi ift But these few pictures must speak for them all. Cold figures must tell how grave your Community Chest. G is Washington’s emergency. Cost what it.may, in work and sacrifice, this cam- paign must not fail. The burden belongs to all of us who have jobs. .. and health «+ . and hope. Will you bear your share? Give much if you can. . . give little if you must , . . BUT GIVE. WE NEED YOU MORE THAN EVER THIS YEAR. [} If the Community Chest fund should Th C t C h t fail, many helpless old people will find e Om m u nl ’ es the doors of the institutions closed to them. ) OF WASHINGTON:-D. C. This advertisement space is being given through the courtesy of The Evening Star, copy preparation contributed by Kal dvertising, Inc, . r