ROTARY WORK

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 3, Issue 647, 27 September 1933, Page 5

ROTARY WORK

providing for after-care of crippled children DISTRICT GOVERNOR'S ADDRESS In outlining the programme the Rotary organisations hoped. to follow in New Zealand for the coming year) the District Governor for New Zealand, Rotarian T. C. List, told meinbers present at the weekly dinner of the Rotorua Rotary Club yesterday that the foremost plank would he steps towards the after-care of erippled children in the Dominion. The District Governor said that during his recent visit to the United States he had been greatly imp'ressed with similar work which was being done there and the progress which had heen made. He was vice-president of the Crippled Children's Committee at the Boston Rotary Conference and for this reason was able to see tlie amount of excellent work which. was being done throughout the world in an endeavour to take an interest in the psychological side of the care of such cases. The work of the men who were interesting themselves in the movement was becoming very valuable. " In New Zealand quite a number of clubs had already eommenced the work, hut so far there had been no combined effort. At .the conference a paper had heen read showing the work which had heen achieved hy the surgeons to repair many unf'ortunate cases and the success which had heen achieved, which in its particular branch of the treatment left little, to he desired. Unfortunately, however, little interest was. being taken in the care of the children after they had left the hospitals. "I am therefore asking clubs to interest themselves in this scheme, so that Rotary may have a definite work to do in the Dorpinjon,"said . the District Governor. "Wlierever it is posT sible to take an interest Rotary wjli do so. It is only a question of organisation and already there have heen many promises of support."