CHILDREN’S CAMPS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 46, 3 December 1938, Page 3

CHILDREN’S CAMPS.

OVER £3OOO FROM HEALTH STAMPS. New Zealand’s Health Camps for under-nourishetl' children are due to commence their beneficent activities, and the voluntary workers who carry them on will he encouraged by the public response to the Post Office annual appeal through the medium of Health stamps. In the week ended the ‘idl'd November the. finance of Health Camps benefited from stamp sales and donations to the extent o £<io(> lbs Hd—a remarkable achievement for one week. The financial results for the seven weeks since the opening of the campaign show how widespread will he the benefit to Health Camps, as receipts from stamp sales in each district are devoted to the deserving children of the same area. Over three-quarters of a million Health stamps have been sold, with the result, that the movement in aid of tin* children is already assured or £3715 His Id. This sum falls consideralilv short of the total required to meet' the cost of the maintenance of over 4001) children in the Health Camps ; but there are ample opportunities left for further public generosity through the easy medium of the “Penny for Postage, Penny for Health” method.