Radio for Orphanages

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 6, 23 August 1929, Page 7

Radio for Orphanages

Proposal by Cousin George to 2YA Listeners en (To the Editor.) Qir,-! notice in your last issue an ~ aecount of a happy ceremony of: installing a. wireless set, presented by a Bible class, in one of the orphanages in Dunedin. . . _ «One is at once stirred by the fact that by means of the radio happiness and amusement is brought within reach of the orphans by this splendid . act. We all realise what radio means td us and how much more it must mean to those in orphanages and similar institutions.. What a treat-it is to ‘them to be placed on the same footing as those children who have. their own homes and are provided with all the comforts which come from the home life. My redson particularly for referring to this is that in Wellington we have similar orphanages where there are children with similar tastes and wants to.those in Dunedin. Happily some of the orphanages in Wellington have been provided with radio sets, and we know the joy and pleasure that has been added to their lives.

| But again, there are others. who are riot so fortunate, and I think that if we have any feelings of sympathy with these children, it is up to us to do all we can to remedy this. The cost of, say, a crystal set with one valve amplifier installed, should not exceed £15. Following on the line of what has been done. in Dunedin, the Bible classes of each institution connected with an orphanage might make this one of their "Good Deeds," thus experiencing the satisfaction of having done something towards giving happiness to others. . _ I sincerely trust this scheme will be taken up in Wellington and come to.a successful conclusion. Yours. sincerely.

COUSIN

GEORGE