Evening star. [volume], January 26, 1932, Page A-12, Image 12

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—When Thousands and Thousands
of sick—crippled—homeless and
dependent Washingtonians need YOUl
Hospital care, too, is given to those who
need it but who have no money to pay
for relief from their sufferings.
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Old people whose days of usefulness are
over and who have lost all friends and
relatives are the most grateful of all for
the merciful work of the Community —
Chest Agencies Cost of ' Financial Cost Before
Community Chest Community Chest
Mothers working long hours to support
their families can leave their children in
care of the nurseries supported by the
Community Chest
You can shut your eyes—yes* But—you can’t—no you can’t shut out the misery
and the suffering and the poverty that are raging through your city today*
No matter how drastic has been the cut in your own income—-you still have
plenty to eat and warm clothes to wear* Thousands of your fellow Washing
tonians aren’t that fortunate* They are hungry and without jobs* Winter
Your Community Chest dollars enable these
crippled children to get out into the fresh air
and health-giving sunlight.
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weather will rind them unprotected and may see many ill and helpless.
There never was a time when your dollars could do so much good as they can today—right here in your own
city! Your dollars can bring medicine to the sick, food to the hungry, skilled services to the crippled and
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More than one-fifth of the Washington Com
munity Chest money is spent on children—
giving them a chance in life, a chance to grow
up and become useful, self-supporting citizens.
diseased, tender care to the aged and weak*
You will sleep better during the troubled winter nights that are just ahead knowing that your dollars are at
work on these errands of healing and mercy* You will be genuinely thankful at the realization that you didn’t
shut your eyes—that you couldn’t say no!
NOW, more than ever, GIVE!
The Community Chest
of WASHINGTON, D.C.
223 Investment Building
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