APPEAL FDR FUNDS

Evening Star, Issue 22596, 13 March 1937, Page 4

APPEAL FDR FUNDS

BROADCASTING BRINGS £200,098 During 1936 £200,698 was raised for philanthropic purposes as a result of the appeals broadcast by the 8.6. C, The corresponding amount for 1935 wai £125,276.' The National and London Regional appeals realised £154,784 in 1936 j compared with £85,676 in the previous years. Canon H. R. L. Shep. Card’s appeal for the British Red Crow Society’s work in Abyssinia realised £27,408, the largest amount raised foi a single good cause. Mr Christopher Stone, however, was the most success, ful “ beggar ” of the year. His “ bag ’* included:—British wireless for the blind fund, £14,000; National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, £11,588; Hedingbam Scout training and employment scheme, £8,877; hospital for. sick children, £lo.i 760. Other notable amounts included: Personal Service League (Hon. Mrs Marsham), £6,073; St. David’s Home (Admiral Mark Kerr), £6,027; St. Martin’s summer appeal, £5,526; and St. Martin’s Christmas fund (Rev. Pat M'Cormick), £13,600; guide dogs for the Blind Association (Leslie Henson), £3,493; medical work of the church in Central Tanganyika (Bishop of Central Tanganyika), £5,670. The smallest response to g local appeal was £22. r