HEALTH STAMP CAMPAIGN

Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22591, 22 December 1938, Page 14

HEALTH STAMP CAMPAIGN

NEARLY £SOOO GIVEN

ESXREASINGLY GENEROUS SUPPORT

With the near approach of Christmas the Health Stamp Appeal on behalf of Children's Health Camps has met with increasingly generous support. During the first week of December an additional £SOO was obtained for the various health camp organisations from the sale of 102,546 health stamps, and the receipts for nine weeks since the opening of the appeal, have now reached almost £SOOO.

Organised effort in many centres has greatly improved the results by bringing the health stamp with its "Id for postage and Id for health" more directly under the notice of post office customers, who appreciate this easy method of contributing towards a highly necessary and well-conducted movement for the children's benefit. The results in the various postal districts for nine weeks ended December 7, are as follow: —

In addition to receipts from stamp sales, there have been donations totalling more than £BOO, thus bringing the amount to the credit of health camps up to £4944 18s Bd.

Credit to Health Stamps Camps. sold. £ s. d. Auckland 207,238 863 9 10 Blenheim .. 10,184 42 8 8 Christchurch 85,108 354 12 4 Dunedin 83,813 349 4 5 Gisborne 20.731 86 7 7 Greymouth 6,745 28 2 1 Hamilton 61,499 256 4 11 Invercargill 26.112 108 16 0 Napier 50.175 209 1 3 Nelson 30,860 128 11 8 New Plymouth .. 47,704 198 15 4 Oamaru 22.036 91 16 4 Palmerston N. 68,506 285 8 10 Thames 19,716 82 3 0 Timaru 20,660 86 1 8 Wanganui 49,661 206 18 5 Wellington 151,248 630 4 0 Westport 2,854 11 17 10 General Post Office 28,052 116 17 8 992,902 4137 1 10