Show tY 1 Rural Ha Major ai c or ii dole Kole l In Annual Red Cross Campaign wj i w- w n- n Agency to Stress b Four Main Alain Fields Of Service in ill 1947 Features Fea Rural America the America the provision stockpile of the nation nation has has an especially important share inthe inthe in inthe the current fund campaign of the American Red Cross officials officials officials at the Washington D. D C. C national headquarters I size I With a 1947 campaign goal of 60 million dollars the Red Cross again is relying upon the rural areas and the small towns which center the farming communities for substantial support in attaining its quota Because 1947 will be in the nature of a shakedown cruise for a nation nation nation na na- na- na tion newly returned to peacetime and because in the uncertainty of the postwar existence many Ameri Amen Americans Americans cans are inclined to question the i need to support even the most deserving deserving de de- de- de serving of organizations Red Cross officials have related the answers to some of the whys of the fund cam cam- Major Red Cross responsibilities ties will be four-fold four in 1947 They include service to veterans veterans veter veter- ans ans and their families to men in army and navy hospitals tomen to men serving with the armed forces overseas or in this country country country coun coun- try and to the community During the war var period of 46 1941 Red Cross was supported by contributions contributions contributions contri contri- in the amount of in five fund campaigns In numbers rural community chapters chapters 2908 2908 of them them account account for more than three- three quarters of all the Red Cross chapters chapters chapters chap chap- in America With the overwhelming overwhelming over over- whelming majority of their workers workers work work- ers unpaid volunteers the Red Cross said these smaller chapters were the backbone of the ARC during the war and will continue to be so in peace Expand Services In the coming year on a greatly reduced budget the Red Cross will vill conduct a program exceeding any previous peacetime operation in its entire history Services for veterans and the armed forces and their families will willbe willbe be the major concern of the Red Cross The increasing need for assistance to veterans will continue for years Approximately veterans and their families were assisted by Red Cross last year through gh Its fits v tk rk rs alone Thousands more were aided by Red Cross workers in hospitals Under authorization of Veterans' Veterans administration there are Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross field directors and assistant field directors in 15 VA hospitals I Nearly Red Cross claims experts ex- ex experts experts ex ex- are stationed in VA offices throughout the nation in Puerto Rico Hawaii and the Philippines On army posts and naval stations in this country and overseas Red RedCross RedCross I Cross field directors are serving giving emergency assistance counseling counseling counseling coun coun- and helping keep the men in communication with their families ies at home In the field of community service Red Cross disaster work is a the round-the-clock operation operation operation opera opera- tion the country over National state and local governments expect ex ex- the Red Ree Cross Cro s to assume leadership in disaster preparedness prepared prepared- ness and relief and rural areas know well the work of RedCross RedCross Red RedCross Cross following t tor tornadoes o r n a ado d o e s floods and fires Red Cross first aid water safety safet and accident prevention services have been carried on in all com com- comI j I of this country First aid aidI I instruction for young people and adults swimming classes for children children children chil chil- dren of the community and spreading spreading spreading spread spread- ing the gospel of safety from farm accidents are several ways these Red Cross safety services function Aid Rural Areas Red Cross nursing home-nursing instruction instruction instruction tion in rural communities where hospital facilities are scarce is re receiving receiving receiving re- re greater emphasis C Community nutrition classes teach the homemaker how better to prepare and preserve f foods The American Junior Red Cross with its 19 million youngsters provides provides provides pro pro- vides effective channels through which school children throughout America may put to practice citizenship citizenship citizenship citi citi- responsibilities and good neighbor practices with children of nations overseas |