Tributes From Sunshine House.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 217, 12 September 1936, Page 2 (Supplement)

Tributes From Sunshine House.

NOBLE WORK BEHIND, SCENES. The whole of our Sunshine Campaign is a story of golden deeds. Not for points nor for publicity have our clubs 'often working with such insatiable industry and to such excellent purpose. Nevertheless both publicity and points have been theirs by the very nature of our work. However, some of the very greatest good that has been done has. until this moment, received no mention at all, but as the campaign draws to a close we take this opportunity of making known the wonderful work done by a small oommittee of ladies who, since the beginning of the campaign, have devoted cyie day a week to work at Sunshine Headquarters. Provision was made for this committee in nur plan of operations for 1936 because we felt that there was much useful work which they could undertake. To-day, at the close of the campaign, we wonder just how we managed without them in past years. We realise, too, how impossible would be future campaigns without them. Their activities started with 2\ hours per week on Wednesday afternoons; it has grown to a full day s effort. They came originally to line the quilts prepared by the clubs. Soon they were making up linings from squares of materials so that they could use lining Material to run up little nightgowns and bed jackets. Then as the gifts poured into headquarters in increasing quantities.they added to their other work the mighty task of sorting all the garments, and, finally, as we of the office staff became more and more busy, these wonderful people assumed the full responsibility of packing and preparing for dispatch all parcels that were sent out to bring sunshine into poor homes. But this is not all. Many of them took away with them unlined quilts six at a time—to sew up and line at home. One appreciates this, especially when it is realised that so much work done for headquarters means so much the less done by these parents for the clubs in which they are directly interested. This spirit of service and Sacrifice is typical of the spirit of the campaign. On our P{ a n of organisation these people are officially known as Beamers. Well are they named, for none have spread as much sunshine as this band of ladies, whose work has for so long been carried on at great inconvenience.