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Show I CAMP FIRE GIRLS AID IN FOOD CONSERVATION 1 j 1 I S ' I 1 ; : I hv :, p.itriotle IjSa k desire lid the jfovern BaEjlffiM men I in i l and n.p con- EjrjHJ tykjggj serration and encouraged at. At-yri letter of appreciation from President Wilson, tht Camp Fire (lirls of America are beginning t make the seventh year of the organisation tin most successful in its history. The letter from President 'ilnii is in reply to one he received from Lester F. Scott, secretary, which apprised the Presi-. dent of the good work that has been done! by the Camp Pire Girls through assisting Herbert C. Hoover, Federal Food Admin istrator, in bis nationwide campaign the conserving of food and the prevention preven-tion of waste in the homes. The annual report, just issued, shows that there are 6,-600 ("amp Fire groups in the United States, with that number of older women acting as "guardians" in supervising tluir work, the organization having approximately a membership in this country of JOohiO, with various groups of the order in many foreign countries ON THEr-v Tbe Camp Fire Girls were organized in tin; Uuitid States, aud the movement lias extruded to England, where there are. sixioen groups; to Chili tho Panama ! Canal Zone, Peru, Hawaii, Manila, P I.! - The Hague, Holland: Xatnl. South Africa-1 Africa-1 Quebec, Canana; Canton, China; Scot- - land, Wales, Korea and Japan. The number of Camp Fire tiirls who earned out Mr. Hoover's prugramme re 1 gardlng 1 1 saving is (JS.474, and those ' who planted and cultivated gardens lasl 1 summer number 70,448 with many othe-s 1 who gave their time to fanning pursuit?. 1 such as caring for cows. In behalf of the Red Cross the girls have contributed more llian H),000, while .TT-000 .TT-000 have enred for small children whose mothers and older women conld be fr lieved foe Red Cross and other work. They also distributed food pledges and window display cards for the food administration, ad-ministration, and checked up those homes not displaying the cards, besides distrihnf ng food thrift bulletins direct into the homes and posting advertising mutt r for the food administration in stores and public pub-lic places. They have also enrolled girls over sixteen yeais of age in the food sav-j ing campaign. For the Commission cm Military Train ing Camps the girls have begun to raise $60,000, and have already received pledges for $10,000. In addition they ar also co-operating in the sale of War Savings Sav-ings Stamps. |