CHILDREN’S CAMPS

Grey River Argus, 6 December 1938, Page 4

CHILDREN’S CAMPS

OVER £3,000 FROM HEALTH STAMPS. New Zealand’s Health Camps for under-nourished children are due to commence their beneficient activities, and the voluntary workers who carry them on will be encouraged by the public response to the Post Office annual appeal through- the medium of Health stamps. In the week ended the 23rd November, the finance of Health Camps benefited from stamp sales and donations to the extent of £656 16 s 8d —a remarkalbe achievement for one week. The financial results /or the seven weeks since the opening of the campaign show how widespread will he the benefit to Health Camps ,as receipts from stamp sales in each district are devoted to the deserving children of the same area. Details of total stamp sales and credits to Health Camps from the postal districts to the 23rd November are as follows: 1 —

Over three-quarters cf a million Health stamps have been sold, with the result that the movement in aid of the children is already assured of £3,715 16s Id. This sum falls considerably short of the total required to meet the cqst of the maintenance of over 4.000 children in the Health Camps; ‘ but there are ample opportunities left for further public generosity through the easy medium of the “Penny for Postage, Penny for Health”-method.

Stamps Sold Credit to Health Camps £ s. a -Auckland 177,782 740 15 2 Blenheim 7,338 30 11 6 Christchurch 64,700 .269 11 8 Dunedin 47,546 198 2 2 Gisborne 15,708 65 9 0 Greymouth 5,641 23 10 1 Hamilton 42,641 177 13 5 Invercargill 14,578 60 14 10 Napier 37,528 156 7 4 Nelson 21,220 88 8 4 New Plymouth 28,995 120 16 3 Oamaru 13,012 54 4 4 Palmerston N. 61,324 255 10 4 Thames 16,673 69 9’ 5 Timaru 13,379 55 14 11 Wanganui 44,259 184 8 3 Wellington 122,368 509 17 4 Westport 10 13 8 General P.O. 16,976 70 14 8 Total 754,232 £3,143 12 8