WAR SERVICES CERTIFICATES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 21 February 1918, Page 2

WAR SERVICES CERTIFICATES FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN.

1 TO THE EDITOR

Sib, —Will you, through your valuable columns, publish an appeal to our / school children :— -V* Dear Boys and Girls, —We have hac^^^ printed certificates for presentation to i school boys or girls who will do fiftjr* hours service without reward, helping the wife and widow of any soldier. * Married men are now called to the front to face danger and death, leaving their dear ones behind them. They feel the separation badly, but they are helping others beside themselves. Their homes are lonely, and their absence is keenly felt. Will you do M something to relieve their sorrow and repair their loss ? Your aid will do much to chase away grief for it will I show that you are taking an interest in_ N ■ their wefare. Have they a garden to be "9 dug and tidied ? Are weeds taking the place of flowers or vegetables withering ? Is there a wood-heap to be chopped .up? Is there a cow to be milked, a fence to be repaired, or messages to be run? It is surprising how many things you can do, and if you earn one of the certificates, as you grow up, when the war is over and the world has become bright again, you-will live to treasure it. If the headmaster or chief officer of any Scout Company recommends it, and states that it has been earned, the certificate will be awarded and forwarded. Certificates will, also be forwarded to any school or Scout Troop '" that provides a supply of flowers or vegetables to any orphanage or hospital where wounded soldiers are admitted. Now, children, roll up, and do your duty. It is a small sacrifice, and the prize will grow in value. F. NORRIS, ■ Hon. Organiser, National Service League, Masterton.