FOR THE CHILDREN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 128, 26 February 1940, Page 3

FOR THE CHILDREN

REVENUE FROM THE SALE OF _ health stamps Health stamps, which have been on issue since the Kilh October last, •will remain on sale unhl the 2fldi February. Fubl ic-spir 11.e*l members of the community will have the opportunity up to the end of February, of purchasing Health stamps and in this way of assisting very directlv in the great work of restoring many physically-weak children to"good health. Health stamps are in two denominations — and 3d, the postage value of the l%d stamp being Id, the remaining %d going to the children's fund. The postage value of the 3d stamp is 2d, the remaining id going to the c-hil dren's fund. From a modc-st beginning, the Camp movement has such an extent thaji the maiiuenancc of the Camps involves considerable expenditure each year. While the present unsettled conditions have affecte< Health Camp revenue, the number of children who require Health Cami) treatment is the same as formerly. Health Camp Committees, whose work, by the wav. is entirely voluntary, are redoubling their efforts to obtain the financ- necessarv to carry on their work among the children. The princinal source of rove nil" for maintaining children's Health Camps is the sale of Health stamps. The purchase of even a few stamps will assist some child in regaining its rightful heritage of good health.