SCHOOL CHILDREN'S COT FUND

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LI, Issue 8095, 21 September 1922, Page 3

SCHOOL CHILDREN'S COT FUND

The school children’s effort last year resulted in a success beyond all expectations as the subjoined statement, presented :u the meeting of the So John Am bulance Association will show. It maj lie taken a* an evidence of what cur young people, with the co operation of their patents and teachers, can do when their s empathies arc aroused. W hen the appeal was made to them to raise funds to obtain a cot for the Hospital, they responded with the keenest interest. To enable every child to have a share in the work the subscriptions weie limited to three-pence, but this did not restrain their generosity as many subscribed twice, and others gave sums from sixpence to two shillings. Noticeable also on the list are generous subscriptions from “grown-ups, ’ assured ly not given of necessity, J. A,. Cnulson (Otumoetai list), ‘‘Teach er” (Ohauiti list), Miss Lacey and Mrs Currie, Ohma {Tauranga list) The latter wished the names of her little children Sheila, Dick, and Bri in, tc be included in the good work! A cot and furnishings The Chi 1 drens Christmas Gift to Tauranga Hospital” was rent in time for Christmas Day. IQ2I Weil done children! The Hospital Board and St, Joint Ambulance Association thunk you unci all who helped you. CASH £ s d Tauranga D.H. School 8 4 4-i Cambridge Rd. School I 11, I The Mount School 143 Umanawa .School IQ 8 Ohauiti School 15 0 Gate Pa School 15 ° Bethlehem School 11 2 Whakamararna School 7 8 Otumoetai School 12 0 IS 0 2k expenditure £ s d Cot, mattress, pillow etc. 6 6 5 Cash in hand 8 13 Ql 15 0 2\