ORPHANAGE APPEAL

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 10, Issue 41, 23 October 1946, Page 5

ORPHANAGE APPEAL

UNITED COUNCIL’S CAMPAIGN FRIDAY’S STREET COLLECTION Throughout the. Province of Auckland, Friday, October |5 will be observed as the occasion for the annual appeal in the interests of the Auckland Orphanages United Council. This body is sponsoring the orphanages of all denominations, and has for the past few years dedicated itself to the orphans of our own province, for whom our individual ‘private’ homes have not as yet the ever-open door. Throughout the years, Christian Denominations in the Auckland Province have constructed at great cost 15 splendidly equipped Children’s Homes wherein is an everyday National service in the proper care and moulding of character for future citizenship of some 700 or 800 of our own young New Zealanders.

Literally,- hundreds of the Homes’ former boys and girls have made their mark in civil life and in both the Great Wars. While Social Security and Family Benefits are today most helpful they do not in themselves, assure a home to any little soul bereft of parental care. For public enlightenment, the United Council—representative of all the great Churches—has created a United Trusteeship for all our Orphan children, irrespective of creed or class. Official returns for the year ended 31st July 1946, sent in by the various Orphanages show an aggregate cost of maintenance etc. for so many dependent children of £42,350 per annum. From the public purse (i.e. Social Security, Family Benefits, etc.) and guardians’ contributions, some £17,245 was forthcoming, leaving a balance of £25,105 to be found by the various Orphanage Trusts and the public.

It 'is to meet the annual deficit (this year £25,105) that the United Council makes its Provincial Appeal and its members trust that everyone in the home or business will give in money or kind, bequest, or legacy, for this—the cause of the child—and our nation’s welfare.