C.O.R.S.O. APPEAL

Press, Volume CII, Issue 30230, 7 September 1963, Page 5

C.O.R.S.O. APPEAL

Clothing Drive On Sept. 21

C.0.R.5.0.’s tenth annual house-to-house clothing appeal will be held on September 21 and it is anticipated that more than 200,000 garments will be collected from Christchurch, Lyttelton, Akaroa, Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Leeston, Lincoln, and Southbridge.

Since the first house-to-house clothing appeal more than 2,000,000 garments have been sent overseas. Assisting in. the collection will be senior pupils of primary and intermediate schools. The headmasters of the schools will organise the collection in the school area. Sixty-one trucks, including some lent by the Army, will pick up bundles of clothing left by the schoolchildren on the street corners and deliver them to the Addington Show Grounds. The tremendous task of sorting, inspecting and packing the clothing will begin on September 23 and it is expected that it will take 70 voluntary workers working daily for three weeks to complete this job. All clothing sent at this time reaches Europe, South Korea, and Greece in time for winter,. All lighter garments are sent to Asian countries.

Clothing is distributed over a wide range of climate so that both warm and light clothing is valuable.

Clothing required includes women’s overcoats, suits and costumes, frocks, cardigans and pullovers, nightwear, underclothing, scarves, gloves, stockings, including nylons, babywear of all kinds, children's wear, men’s and boys’ overcoats, raincoats, suits, coats, trousers, waistcoats, pullovers or cardigans, socks and stockings, scarves, gloves, light shirts and shorts for warmer climates.

Household and hospital needs include quilts, blankets, sheets, pillow cases, linen pieces, towels, face flannels, soap, etc. Footwear needs are shoes and boots, including rubber shoes or gum boots. All shoes and boots should be tied securely in pairs.

Rags or dirty clothing are unwanted. Plastic raincoats will not stand transit through the tropics. Hats other than soft berets and foundaitaon garments are not acceptable overseas.

Women's high-heeled shoes are not wanted.

Rice Supper.— A rice supper will be an appropriate novelty at a dance to be held by the Catholic Youth Movement in Christchurch on Thursday to raise funds for its Asian campaign. To swell the funds members of the movement will each give a day’s wages during a special Asian Mass in the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament before the dance.