Community chest
DRIVE IS ON- ' • -
Once again it is Conmunity Chest
time. All over the country* people
aro buying shares in their communi
ty’s v;elfnre.
The purpose of the. Chest is to have
one united fund raising campaign
for the voluntary social services
of health and welfare, in order to
provide funds for the operating ex
penses of those services not covert
by ot.her sources of income such as
dues, fees, Federal or Territorial
;‘rants.
By coning into the Chest, these
services rave agreed to hola no
other fund raising drives.Thereforej
if the Chest cannot meet their
operating requirements, they may hay
have to curtail services, ho anti
cipate a greater need for funds this
year th n before, and urge each
member of the community to increasei
his or her pledgo. if possible.
T.’e h'.vu asked each agency, or ser
vice, to submit a complete budget,
including such prop-r expenses as
rent, telephone, utilities, str.ticn-r
cry, supplies, etc. , as well as t
their statements of income from
other sources,. It shall be the
responsibility, of the Chest Budgo't
Committee to go over these budgets
item by itemj in consultation with
c: ch service, so that the funds of '
the Community may be spent most
wisely. i
In connection with chost activitiesJ
we have heretofore set r.side n por- i
tion of receipts for a "Disaster
Fund', disbursing it ns occasion
scorned to whrraftt. Properly, this
in not a function of the Chest. V
are a collecting agency, neither
equipood nor trained for active
welfare v.ork. In most cases of in
dividual discster, tho disaster
Fiend does not eliminate another
drive, because friends and neigh
bors want to express their concern
in t tangible way at tin time by
personally collecting or contribut
ing ehat aid they can. In case of
community-wide disaster, the Red
Cross is ndnirabley set up to r^n
dor assistance, and that is thyir
province. o all contribute to the j
R_d Cross separately, and it is not ;
efficient to duplicate its services.
The Disaster Fund of the Community
Chest has served a useful purpose
heretofore, in a srm.ll community
lacking some of the welfare service's
usu .lly found in larger and more
developed communities. This year,
the fund mill be used very sparingly,
and chly rftor all other sources,
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CLEANING & PR33SING
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PICK-UPS, DELIVERY
SERVICE
in Palmer & Vasilia
OPEN 5 DAYS A WK.
Mondays' thru Fridays
COMMUNITY CKFST DRIVE (Cont.)
such as the Red Cross, Fedornl, end
Territorial keifare agencies have
been contacted.By next year, it may
bo possible to eliminate it entirely.
Solicitors in the drive now being
held will ask for an expression of
opinion from contributors as to
whether or not thu Disaster Fund
should b^ continued.
The Community Chest Bo'-rd considers
itself a committee appointed by the
community to handle the funds a hiah
the comuriity raises in order to
operate such community welfare ser
vices as the community considers
necessary or desirable. The fact
that those services exist here, in
dicate that a part of the Community,
at least, desires them. If they arc
honest, voluntary welfare agencies,
.efficiently operated to perform
needed services, they have e right
ful place in,the Chest, ana it shall
be our endeavor to collect funds for
all without discrimination. It is
your privilege, as a contributor, to
earmark j>-our contribution for those
particular services in which you arc
nost interested, if you do not care
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