CARING FOR CHILDREN

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 153, 19 September 1927, Page 9

CARING FOR CHILDREN

MANUREWA HOME YEARS WORK REVIEWED Situated in ideal surrounding:? at Manurewa, is the Auckland home of the Baptist Union, devoted to the car© of about 60 or 70 children. The home has been in operation for 34 years, and for half of the period has been under the present control. During the past 17 years the i umber of children has doubled. Assets have grown from £2,327 to £lt ,424. The endowment fund lias reached only £3,908 in seven years, a disappointment to the Home Board, which has as its objective a fund of £40.0)0. Last year there were 35 boys and 36 girls in the home. The children attend the Manurewa School, and Sunday School is held at the home. HELPING THE HOME Manurewa residents display a kindly and practical interest in the work, and there are also numbers of visitors and helpers from further afield. Last year the actual running expenses ©f the institution tot* .lied £2,517 17s 4d, and the excess of income was £492 7s Id. after allowing £307 3s »d for depreciation. Several smaller funds show credit balances. More than 1,000 people or firms gave subscriptions totalling £1,241 last >6ar ' ANNUAL CONCEKT Each year the children from the home give a concert in the Town Hall. This year the concert will be given on Thursday evening next, and 50 of the children will take part.