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Show HOME SERVICE FOR ' EVERYBODY IN NEED Do you know what the present day Home Service of the American Red Cross Is? . Many people do not know that, besides be-sides completing the work for ex-service men, especially the disabled, it provides pro-vides the same neighborly service to families in general that It formerly gave families of soldiers, sailors and marines. ' "Home Service covers a wide and varied Held," says Frederick C Mun-roe, Mun-roe, general manager of the American Red Cross. ."It gives aid to families in solving such problems as budget planning, marketing, tiding over times of financial stress, keeping children In school, helping crippled children, widowed wid-owed and deserted mothers, children backward In school and children In conflict with the lews. It renders service serv-ice to the homeless and transient, to the illiterate, to tenement dwellers, to the unemployed, and gtves friendly assistance as-sistance and advice to foreign speaking speak-ing groups." In addition to helping families In the solution of their own problems. Borne Service helps In strengthening the weak spots In the social life of communities. It Joins hands with, others oth-ers to make communities safer, healthier and happier. Organizing action along lines In which the community Is already Interested Inter-ested Is one of the objects of Home Service. It has established community meetings, patriotic celebrations, pageants pag-eants and pcnlcs. Rest rooms, recreation recre-ation facilities, play supervisors and moving pictures have been provided. Through Home Service other agencies are Influenced to bring about Improved commercial amusements and better school facilities and to promote travel-Ing travel-Ing libraries as well as to secure county coun-ty agricultural and home demonstration demonstra-tion agents. ' If you need assistance at any time, go to the secretary of the nearest Red Cross chapter and describe the situation. situa-tion. Your confidence will be sacredly respected and every possible effort will be made to aid you. 1 |
