Belgian Children Relief Fund.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 4, 5 November 1915, Page 3

Belgian Children Relief Fund.

the following appeal is published by request of Belgian Refugee Food Fund Committee. 'L’lie appeal is made specially

to; children, and wo would be glad to receive and acknowledge any donations which may be handed in at the PRESS Office ; APPEAL.

The Belgian Refugee Fund, 21 St. James’ Street, S.W. Tq> theJChildren of Great Britain jand the Dominion of New Zealand. Dbar children, —

Will you help us? You all know of course, the sad history of the people of Belgium; how tb e Germans have taken their country, and large numbers of the B ilgian families have been obliged to leave, some coining to England, others going to Holland arid France. In many cases only the mother and children have left, and the father and big brothers have stayed behind to fU;ht with their brave King, and he lp to drive the Germans out of the land. Many of the children wlO have come to England are qi ite little ones. There are a large number of babies, and it is for them we are asking your help —The help of the happy children of these Islands.

A short time ago we received a letter from the master of a sohool at West Taieri, New Zealand, sending £1 10s which thie pupils of his school had collected for the Belgians, and they specially wanted it to be spent for the Belgian children. We had been troubled for some time thinking of the Belgian babies wa knew in England, because in order for them to grow up strong men and women it was necessary that they should have plenty of milk to drink, good t’cesh milk, and we knew that their parents had no money to spend on milk. So when the money came from the New Zealand children it seemed just the thing we wanted. Not enough of course, but we felt sure at once that the children, of England, of Scotland, Wales and Ireland would like to join their epusins of New Zealand in helping the babies of Belgium. Think what it means, you fortunate children who have your homes, your good food and so much happiness, think what it means to be driven out of your home, to be obliged to go away to a country where all are strangers, think how sad for little children —dear little babies who ought to have comfortable homes and nice warm food, not to have enough milk, the only food they can take. I am sure that many of you would be glad to give some of your own big cupfuls. But that is not what we want. What we ask you to do is to give us some of your pennies, give them for the Belgian Babies instead of spending them on yourselves. If you can put away one penny every week, and bring them or send them to us at the beginning of each month. Ask your friends to help us. Ask your teachers to collect in the school and send us a nice sum to add to that which the little New Zealanders have sent us, so that to all the little Belgian babies, whose mothers come to us we can give good supplies of fresh milk.