"HERITAGE"

Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 138, 12 June 1943, Page 6

"HERITAGE"

HELP FOR BOYS

GROWING ORGANISATION

Progress reports of the work being carried out by "Heritage," the organisation which has been instituted with the object of providing the sons of men who have given their lives in the service of their country with the guidance and assistance normally available from their fathers, show that great interest is being taken, not only in Wellington, but in many other districts throughout New Zealand.

The executive of the Wellington branch has met regularly, and sponsors have been appointed in all cases where the mothers of boys wished- to avail themselves of the service offered. The branch now has 654 members, and has been able to carry out effectively the objects for which "Heritage" was formed. At Christmas suitable presents were sent to all the boys on the lists, these being carefully chosen in relation to the age and interests of the ■boys. A birthday register has been compiled, oncl a present will be sent from "Heritage" this year, so that none will be without the gift that would have been received from the father, had he been alive.

Many very fine offers of assistance have been received from people and organisations able to help the boys in some way. Medical and dental assistance have been made available to boys who needed it, and a holiday on a farm arranged for one boy. The New Zealand Sheep Owners' Acknowledgment of Debt to British Seamen Fund offered its assistance to any boys whom "Heritage" might recommend for training on the land, and the Boy Scouts' Association, the V.M.C.A., and the Boys' Institute have offered full use of their organisations and the recreational equipment they possess.

GIFTS OF MONEY. *• At the May executive meeting Messrs. Brown and Dureau Pty., Ltd., fdrwarded a donation of £100 from the B.G. Corporation of America, being part of the royalties which are being distributed to welfare organisations^ as recently announced in the Press;.;-;/ A donation of £50 was also receiyed from Messrs. Tootal, Broadhurst, Lee, Co., Ltd. v I Members of the executive have Been invited to address meetings and assist in the formation of branches of "Herritage" in many different towns. At, present branches are either formed, or are about to be. formed, in Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Christchurch, Dunedin,, Blenheim, and Nelson, while practically every other provincial town of size has the question of forming a wranch under consideration. The Welfingjt6n branch has been able to assist all those interested in forming branches else* where by,1 providing suitable literature about the movement, and the secretary, Mr. E. M; Bardsley, reports that there has been'a great demand for information about the way in which branches can best be formed. As soon {sufficient branches have been f^rmc^d a meeting will be held of "Heritage" \(lncorpated), the governing body for the Dominion, which is under the patronage ipf'his Excellency the Governor-; General, and of which Mi^ Justice Smith is president. >» [