DONATIONS COME IN TO U.N. APPEAL FOR CHILDREN

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 76, 31 July 1950, Page 4

DONATIONS COME IN TO U.N. APPEAL FOR CHILDREN

! Wellington, Friday. 1 To a worthy cause New Zealand- ! ers can be most generous. Proof 1 of this is to be found in the steady inflow of donations to the Wellington headquarters of the United Nai tions Appeal for Children ever since it was opened earlier this month. , The appeal is being made on a i local basis in every city and town, and it is asked that donations should be sent to the local Mayors or treasurers of local UISTAC committees. But very many people have

not waited for this. The morning after the appeal was launched by the Prime Minister’s broadcast, donations began to flow into Wellington headquarters from all parts ; of New Zealand in a steady stream. ' The donors to this appeal on behalf of the sick and hungry children of the world cover every section of the community. A titled lady sent a cheque for £2O; an inmate of an old people’s home sent 12s. | “May God bless your work,” written on a cablegram form, accompanied a five pound note in another envelope, without name or address. “Enclosed find one pound note. Our prayers go with it” rah another letter from a Nelson couple.

Several people have apologised for the smallness of their donations of a pound or two, and several have promised to contribute more later. ( Old people—judging by the shaky I writing—bulk largely in the list of donors. The staffs of several organisations have not waited to be asked for donations by their local committees but have immediately taken up their own collections. Another - unusual' contribution i comes from British Columbia. It was for £3 3s—payment received from the New Zealand Broadcasting Service for a short story. The author asked that it be sent direct to UNAC. The title of the story was “High Finance.” Two members of one family sent a cheque for £IOO each. At the other end of the scale “Mother of Twelve” in Dunedin contributed ss. A Wellington firm engaged in the preparation of publicity material for the campaign has donated its ! entire profits on the job.