THE AUCKLAND Y.M.C.A. BOYS' DEPARTMENT

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 9, Issue 557, 13 August 1920, Page 3

THE AUCKLAND Y.M.C.A. BOYS' DEPARTMENT

PUKEKOHE BRANCH NEEDED. The Auckland Y.M.C.A. Boys' De partment was recently described by Mr. Roy Brasted, Australian National Y.M.C.A. Boys' expert, in his re port on his New Zealand tour, as tht first Y.M.C.A. Boys' department south of the line. MEMBERSHIP. Employed Boys .. .. 200 School Boys 250 Grammar School Boys .. 145 Technical School Boys .. 90 Total 775 A large and representative commit tee of Auckland citizens, after care ful consideration, realises the urgent need for additional boarding accom modatton and improved facilities ti cope with the remarkable growtftTfr Y.M.C.A. activities among the youtl of our city. Hence the present ap peal for K 16,000 for a great forwar* movement. The boarding problem in Aucklam is acute. Hundreds of young mei have to be refused admission to tin Y.M.C.A. owing to the need for 'uldi ti'onal boarding accommodation. The objective of the association dormitory is the development ol Christian' character by providing ;• Christian home for young men awa> from iome; by safeguarding young nu?n from the V lils "' ci 'y ,ife; b ) pre omipying \na leisure time of the men in the use of activities which '.lend to develop symmetrical Christian '■"'«rtn;-iicti'r; by enlisting men who arc "% residence'in altruistic service I'oi their fellow men, Georgu Williams, the founder of the Y M.C.A., declared that the first 24

hours of a young man in a new city i usually determines his character. The' Auckland V.M.C.A, asks the community to aid it in throwing around the lonely lad in a strange city Ihe bracing and virile influence which the association wishes to plyThere is need of n branch of the Y.M.t'.A. at iuiukuiio to woik in conjunction with other social and religious elements for the welfare of our young manhood.