uttle bus of CHAIM
Vhr.t a small town’s contribution to char
ity can mean has been demonstrated in Seldo
via’s donations to the a laska Crippled Chil
dren’s association during the past £ix
months. In six months of voluntary givihg,
the Seldovia chapter has accumulated $639.75
in membership funds and in collection jar
donations.
The money collected has been the free of
fering of Seldoviafs townsfolk as their cont
ribution to a fund to help handicapped child
ren toward a more normal life.- Those nickels,
dimes and pennies have stretched into a fund
that will go a long way toward supplying some
of the needs for the work of the territorial
hospital for crippled children.
It*s money given as \ sort of "thank you"
gesture by those of us^ who are strong and
healthy. It goes to help’ our own. ^t least
a half dozen Seldovdans enn^give local testi
mony to the fact that the help.extended to
ixlaska*s crippled-children have given them a
chance to lead a normal existence...
%
i, letter received from iXCu headquarters
in anchorage last week points to the value of
SeldoVia*s work in the past six months* This
letter, signed by Mrs. Mar shall-Hoppin, iXC^
president, says in part:
’ h.nyone who can send in from a community
tho size of Soldovia 0321*67 in January,
$54.12 in March, 0104,67 in May and $110*91
now (Juno) dosorvos all tho creoit they" can
possibly bj given.4
’’Soldovia is really the only chapter that
is accomplishing much this summer with the
exception of tho anchor ago chapter* i.t that,
the anchorage chapter has'.not been engaged-in
many money-raising activities but our member
ship has been working on the Sitka hospital
project. * . ' \
’’There are approximately 60 children at
the hospital now (one of them, at least, from
Seldovia) which is practically full capacity,
and we are making clothing -- night dresses,
bath robes, slippers, dresses, shirts, etc*
I know Seldovia is too busy to take part in
this now, but if, in the fall, any of your
nrt-. t-.o. ioin in * the clothing
— — — -*> ^ V ^ V. * i
project, we would
certainly appreciate
help.
"In the meantimei
your • remittance of
June 30th of $110*91
goes a long way to
ward tfce purchase of
materials •"
Members of the lo
cal i,CC^ committee,
who feel with Mrs*
Hoppin that Seldovia’s
effort has been com**
mendable in the past
six months * - hope that
this letter from the
iXCn president ans
wers once and for all
the questiop. of,whe
ther donations-, from
the i.CCh. .Jars are
worth'cbilectTin'g, 'dnd
also a second ques
tion as to what the
money is used for*
The money in the
i*CCh». jars is used td
buy clothes, medical
care and food for
crippled children*
Every nickel you give
is added to the nic
kels of other ^laskans
so that some little
child, lying in a
hospital bed or wait-"'
ing his turn at home'
for occupancy of a
bod Tj nw filled, b^fcith
ie r an d .ha ppi or .
«
•^CCi* appreciates
your contributions,
and will bj grateful
for- as much as you
can spare in the
months ahead. Our
children need it.