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The ^1". skrv Cr ippl eel Children fc As so cist ion
the formed -.t the r most if the Territor
i’l Boerd of Health in October 1945. It is
11 nr incorp orotod r . non-nrofit corpor
ation in rlii.ch every member is entitled to
vote. It is governed by Berrd of'15
Trustees, five elected for one yor.r, five
for trro yc~rs, -nd five for three ye re.
The Acsocie.tior. hopes to erabr cc .nil of '
-.1 slro r;ith i Chop ter in every community \
Anchorsgc being Territorial Her.dauortors,
•The nnnunl flues re $1.00, -nd .TVBUY ItlN,
•'"'OI.AN AND CHILD IN THT T.HlITCDY SHOULD
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The puruoso of the Acsoci tier, is three
fold:
(].) To .insist tho Terr it oriel Deportment
of Health through its Crippled Childrens
Service in providing c re" or.d trcntricnt
f children; ~nl to n-’:e useful members
of society out. of'the so nfflictod or clo
f'r.ncd fro;-', birth, r s ', resutl of c
cicloht *r disonsc, rithout orcjudicc of
r cc, crQcd or color.
icy fund to t oko
■>ti, .under l it;, come
of tac
(2) To ret up ':i emerge
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under the . •jutl’sdactio'h' of’the"'" A
Territorial Dr.p irtnent of Health,Crippled
Children*s Service. (The Dcr> .rtndnt cannot
n .r take c"ro of ary one over SI, ary
child ’-•ho is incur'-blo -r ~ny child suf
fering from -a coat igi'us die o'so.)
(3) To set up a sinking fund to provide
for the evontu 1 hospitalization if such
childr ■■■■> in -la.ok"
The plans of the .'.ssocirtien as to the
a-runt 'f monies to be r iscd and the man
or of raising re naturally still in a .
foroutivc stage. The tentative plan for
1946 is that the V-ssoci"tier, -. ill turn
over to trie Tom tori 1 Deportment of
Health ig :nuch money s thatdDcpnrtnent
con uso. The Torrtiiorial Dcr" rtr.ent is
1 initc-c1. because -;c have no Orthopedic
Hospital in —inska ■-nd sufficient bee1.
spo.ee f r ' ll — loslcon children needing
hispitnliz"tion is not M-ays available ii.
other sttes, Therefore, even vith suf
ficient funds t:o c'-nnot gur ntec that .11
the children nop needing hospit lizntion
coiild be taken-c re if, but ’T C—N T.JCE
CL'JIE OF '01C TEL'-N TE DO HOT. ft or sup
plying the Department of He'.1th vith such
monies, the balance of the mount raised
mould be used for purposes 2 and 3 out
lined above.
The Territorial Department of Helth re
ceives ' bionriai appropriation from the
Territori 1 Legislature of $25’,030; this
na.tchod by the U.S. Government. In addi
tion, the U.S. Children’s Bureau gives
;outright approximately another $25,000 a
jycar. This 'is a donation based on popu
lation, a similar’per. capita amount, being.
Igivcn every state. Cent, on pp. 12.