Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 157, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1924 — Page 5

MONDAY, NOV. 10, 1924

The Marion County Chapter of the Red Cross aided 4,38 ft exservice men and their families last year; enrolled 215 in home hygiene classes, and reached 4,329 persons with life saving instruction. The Community Fund appropriated $31,372 last year to this cause.

n ‘To my hungering neighbor - - - - ”

I have had better luck than those less fortunate neighbors .of mine who live in this land of plenty and share it not. I have managed to keep out of the way of hunger and want, disease and despair. Partly through my own efforts, partly by chance, I have been spared the misery and wretchedness and sorrow of my unhappy neighbor. I know that if our positions were reversed —if I were the unfortunate and THEY the lucky ones-THEY WOULD DO AS MUCH FOR ME. For charity is rooted deep in every human heart. I remember the words of the glorified beggar to Sir Launfal—“who gives himself

Old Folks’ Home provided a hospitable family life for 24 elderly men and women who had no other home. Two thousand dollars was given this Home last year by the Community Fund.

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It’s Everybody’s Job

with his alms feeds three —himself, his hungering neighbor and Me.” The Community Fund is my fund. It is my chance, that comes once each year, to turn back to my hungering neighbor a tiny fraction of the better fortune I have had. I know that my dollar goes where I want it to go—to the relief of the poor and to the advancement of my community, because I know that the Community Fund is the most economically and efficiently managed charity it is humanly possible to create. I pledge myself to support the Community Fund this year to the utmost of my ability.

Indianapolis Horn® for Aged Women provided a pleasant home for 48 elderly women who had no other place to live. This Home received $7,100 from the Community Find last year,

The Family Welfare Society insisted 2458 families last year; cared for 322 children in foster homes; looked out for the interests of 1.066 other children; gave special attention to snmarcUd mothers; gave free legal aid to 1651 To accomplish this mail many other worthwhile results the Community Fund invest id $153,006 in this Social

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