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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1946 THE DAILY TIMES-GAZETTE PAGE NINE THE RED FEATHER CAMPAIGN Back in the time of Richard the Lion-Hearted, a red feather was awarded to knights who showed unusual courage in combat. The North American Indians who bedecked them- selves in feathers and paint when they went off to war reserved the red feather for their most fearless leaders, It is because of its symbolism of courage that the Red Feather has heen adopted as the identifying mark of the Community Chest in nearly all cities in the United States and Canada where one joint effort is made in support of all welfare bodies. It takes courage for crippled children, the sick, the blind, the aged poor to overcome their handicaps. It takes courage to plan and work for these unfortunates as our welfare agencies in Oshawa do. It takes courage, too, to give all you can to help those who are unable to help themselves. _iARTS MONDAY OCT. 21 (FOR ONE WEEK) the Citizens of Oshawa are being asked to provide funds for sixteen local community agencies that participate in the Oshawa Community Chest. Fifty-five thousand dollars is the minimum necessary to enable these agencies to carry on their all-important work during the next twelve months. ® This is the Oshawa Community Chest's first peacetime Campaign and I am confident that the Citizens of Oshawa hearted support to this appeal. ® This is one Campaign in which everybody gives and everybody benefits. May I ask the Citizens of Oshawa for their prompt and sympathetic response when the Can- vassers call, Chairman, Oshawa Community Chest "Give Half a Day Or Four Hours Pay" ® During the week of October 21st to October 26th, will continue as they did in wartime to give their whole- ' Minimum Objective $55,000. "OSHAWA COMMUNITY CHEST HE Oshawa Community Chest is the one big effort combining the various local in. dividual community services which are enrolled under the banner symbolized by the Red Feather . . . through the Com. . munity Chest you can give once and so give to all... your cons tribution covers every worthy cause . . . one Campaign a year with the slogan "Everybody Benefits = Everybody Gives". THESE HUMANITARIAN ACTIVITIES oo... Depend On You! Serious social and economic problems, many aggravated by the recent war, threaten the welfare of large numbers of Oshawa residents. The need for help is more urgent and pressing than it has been , for years. Studies indicate that 40 out of every 100 Oshawa families benefit directly from Community Fund services in any one year. Less directly, but just as concretely, everybody in this eity benefits when citizens of all classes, all races, all religions, work shouder to shoulder, in the interests of every- body's heath, welfare and happiness, Although the problems are real, often' tragic, they have been met successfully in the ast, must be met again today. The following record of Osha- wa's community effort in alleviating these problems is warthy of consideration, a proud record that must be maintained, CHECK THESE SERVICES Through various Red Feather Community Fund services, the youth and children of our city ara afforded opportunities to enjoy healthful out. door and indoor recreation, their health is safeguard. ed, their rights are maintained and they are given kindly guidance and help in overcoming unfortunate family or social backgrounds, Pre-school children are given regular kinder- garten training; children with speech impediments are helped; more than 1300 children were given swimming instruction in community pools last sum. mer; an average of 600 children each week enjoyed study and recreational facilities at one community centre, alone; care and planning for children who were orphaned or otherwise deprived of a home was undertaken, as was the care and planning for un- married mothers and their babes and the finding of adoption homes. Under sponsorship of Community Fund services, 14 new playgrounds were operated last summer. NURSING CARE Nursing care, by yegisterad nurses, was offered to any sick person needing attention in the home. This service is invaluable to those who only require professional nursing care for an hour or so each day, or whose budget does not permit engaging a private duty nurse, It is a blessing, too, to maternity tients and their babes, before and after birth, as t is also to the chronically ill and aged who are often happier at home than anywhere else, yet whose families cannot assume entire responsibility for their care. Visits of the nurses enrolled under our local Community Fund banner to such homes are veritable missions of mercy and healing, FINDING EMPLOYMENT A timely and important service is that of pro. viding advice and practical aid to war veterans and others in finding the employment for which they are best suited and in which they will be enabled to earn a good living for themselves and their families. For the down-and-out, for men discharged from prison, practical help is provided to return them to self-respecting useful STployanents Besides minis. tering to the spiritual welfare of these and all un. fortunates, shelter, food and warm clothing is pro- vided for their physical needs. THE BLIND With the aid of the Community Fund, Oshawa's group of 30 blind persons are receiving untold bene its, They are given opportunities for re-education in a great variety of arts and crafts, and are pro vided with libraries of Braille literature. elr plight is ameliorated in every way possible. Pre. ventive work is carried on, seeking tc discover and arrest threatening blindness among old and young. Since the cessation of hostilities, local services engaged largely in Providing ald and special come forts to members of the armed forces away from home, have turned their efforts toward helping those who have returned, and toward nelping needy fame ilies of service men. Through Red Feather Com. munity Fund efforts, many praetical reminders that their sacrifices and heroism are not forgotten will continue to be received by our veterans and their families, Practical support of the various organized youth groups, Somprising many hundreds of girls and boys has been and will continue to be given by the Community Fund, The training given in these wonderful organizations, fosters loyalty, not only to country, but to all that is best in the nation, and is of inestimable value in promoting the health, mental and moral, as well as physical, of our young. er people, The training and activities of these organ. izations and of all the various recreational and cule tural cent supported by the Community Fund lead the young persons engaging in them away from the paths of delinquency and toward those of good citizenship. To mention in detail the benefits brought to hundreds, even thousands of our citizens through the Red Feather Fund would require columns of space, These include, in addition to the aforemen- tioned, an auxiliary library service, providing 700 books a month to children, a school to teach New Canadians to read and write basic English, a musie school for any child interested in the piano, private movies, hobbies of all kinds, visits to needy families, young women's club activities, Yuletide cheer to unfortunates, milk and orange juice for malnutrie tion and a hundred and one other services without which so many of our fellow citizens would ormal lives, would suffer socially, mentally, morally and physically, and without which many families, uprooted and dislocated by war conditions, would disint te and the members become liabile ities rather than assets to our community. Else. where in these columns during the next few days, further facts and information concerning the great social, economic and humanitarian services s uBpOKte ed by the Community Fund will be published. But the aforementioned will surely be sufficient to pt every right-thinking citizen to contribute o this great endeavor to the very limit of his re- sources. 1 R ~ OSHAWA COMMUNITY CHEST HONORARY CHAIRMAN--COL. R. S. McLAUGHLIN Chairman--J. C. Anderson, K.C. Vice-Chairman--J. H. Beaton Campaign Manager--Hayden MacDonald Honorary Treasurer--Geo. Finley Treasurer--Robert Argo Secretary--J. J. English George Hart, A. R. Alloway, Cyril A. Schofield, W. H. Gifford, W. A. Wecker, T. R. Elliott, N. H. Daniel, Major A. Simester, J. C. Ward, Lieut.-Col. L. W. Currell, W. L. Grant, James Cullen, D. M. Storie, T. Bouckley, C. C. McGibbon, Cyril E. Souch, 8. R. Alger, Mayor Frank McCallum, Doug. C. Chesebrough, W. H. Karn, E. Wilson,