Friendship Club

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31649, 8 April 1968, Page 3

Friendship Club

The Red Cross Friendship Club had proved that young people with very different physical and mental backgrounds can work and play together, said the retiring president (Mr B. Devine) in his report to the first annual meeting on Thursday evening. It had flourished as a social club and had a steadily increasing membership. He thanked the North Canterbury executive of the Red Cross, whose idea it was to establish a club for able and handicapped people aged between 15 and 25. The treasurer (Miss C. Newman) publicly thanked the Red Cross for their initial donation to the club. The president of the North Canterbury executive of the Red Cross Society (Mrs R. I. Brake) said the formation of

the Friendship Club had been a marvellous step forward in the Red Cross Society last year.

Mr C. Spring, of the North Canterbury executive, said any funds raised by the club could be used for its own expansion.

Miss Gloria Gavan, author of “Not a Leg to Stand On,” was the guest speaker. Mr Devine said that as a result of a talk in Manila plans were moving towards forming a similar club in the Philippines. He suggested some sort of exchange programme between the two clubs.

Election of officers:—president, Mr B. Congdon; vicepresident, Mr B. Devine; sec-retary-treasurer, Miss A. Baker; committee, Misses J. Watson, C. Newman, J. Pather, Mr T. Munro and Mr D. Bailey.