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Show Junior Red Cross Praised for Work Influencing Peace The advancing standard of the Junior Jun-ior American Red Cross made two outstanding out-standing gains during the last year one in the field of domestic activity, which is rapidly linking up the schools with the Junior program, the other a gain of a dozen countries in Europe pledged to organize Juniors on the lines of the American organization. For this accomplishment the American Juniors earned the hearty endorsement endorse-ment of the League of Red Cross Societies So-cieties for its "creation of an international inter-national spirit of human solidarity among young people with a view to preparation of a new civilization for peace." The forthcoming annual report of the American Red Cross for the year ended June .10, 1922, will show 24,52R schools enrolled, with a total of 4.483,-845 4.483,-845 pupils wearing the "I Serve" button but-ton of the American Junior Red Cross the badge of unselfish service earned earn-ed by each individual member througli personal sacrifice. In international school correspondence correspond-ence 736 classes and schools engaged in friendly communication with 623 schools in European countries, 0(1 schools in United States territories. 13 in South Africa and 10 in a. miscellaneous miscel-laneous list of foreign countries. The work in foreign fields in establishing playgrounds, school libraries, sewing and manual training classes,, homes for war orphans, school reconstruction reconstruc-tion in devastated areas, encouraging community gardens and many other activities was financed through the National Children's Fund raised by the Juniors at a cost of $338,237.40: During the year $56,922.79 was contributed con-tributed toward the fund, in which on July 1 there was a balance of $201,-361 $201,-361 '.58. |
