FEEDING THE WORLD’S BIGGEST FAMILY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 3824, 28 July 1928, Page 4

FEEDING THE WORLD’S BIGGEST FAMILY.

Every day in the year Dr. Barnardo’s Homes have to think about food.

Their family numbers nearly 8,000 boys and girls and babies, and all of these require three meals a day. Some of them need extra diet of the invalid child or the young baby. There are 3,700 boys and girls of school age, with the healthy appetite of youth. In order to supply the wants of this large family, which equals a town in size, the Homes are appealing for 400,000 half-crowns as birthday gifts in memory of the late Dr. Barnardo.

Economy is the guiding principle of the Homes in all their work. But every house-mother knows that you cannot economise on the food of children, without detriment to their health.

The Barnardo family needs 24,« 000 meals a day; 168,000 meals a week; 8,736,000 meals a year. Bread is a large item. 1,600 loaves are baked daily by the lads in the Barnardo bakehouse. But this supplies only about threeeights of the family. Milk is another large item in the daily menu. 1,000 gallons per day are required.

The charter of the Homes is “No Destitute Child ever Refused Admission.” On an average 5 children are admitted daily. Under this charter over 105,000 children have been admitted, eared for, educated and trained and placed out in the world as A 1 citizens instead of C3’s Over 30,000 have been sent to the British Dominions, thus helping to people the 'British Empire Overseas with British born. Cheques and orders may be made payable to “Dr. Barnardo’s Homes Food Fuid,” anti crossed, and addressed to “Dr, Barnardo’s Homes Food Fund,” 18-26, 'Stepney Causeway, London, E.l. England.