4000 MEALS A DAY

King Country Chronicle, Volume XXIV, Issue 3241, 11 December 1930, Page 7

4000 MEALS A DAY

DR. BARNARDO’S “FAMILY.” Imagine meal-time,for a family for 8291 boys and girls and babies, not just once oceassionally, but three times a day and every day in the year. Think in terms of bread and butter, jam, milk, fish, meat, and think also in terms of boots and shoes by the thousand, likewise socks and stockings.

This is the family supported by Dr. Barnardo’s Homes and it is the largest family in the world. And Christmas is coming! Christmas fare for all these needy boys and girls means, of course, heavier bills for Barnardo’s and the children must, of course, have some Christmas pudding. So here is your Christmas opportunity. Send 10s to Dr. Barnardo’s Homes and get in return the joy of feeling that for at least ten days at the festive season you are feeding one orphan and destitute little one. An illustrated booklet, entitled »‘The Gateway to Happiness)” has been issued by Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, showing that for 64 years they had been dealing with the nation’s orphan and destitute children. They have admitted over 109,250 such children under their charter “No destitute child ever refused admission.” On an average five are admitted daily. Of their present family of 8291 children, 473 are crippled or afflicted in various ways, 1264 are babies under five, 1095 are under industrial and technical instruction, and 400 are in training for the sea services.

One thousand nine-hundred-and-twelve boys and girls entered the Homes last year and 1479 were placed out in life. The ■ council of Dr. Barnardo’s Homes earnestly seek the help of all child-lovers to enable them to rescue and train destitute and forlorn children and turn them from C 3 to A 1 citizens. It is a work worth doing in the interests of the nation and Empire. Over 30,000 trained young people have been placed in the British Dominions.

Cheques, drafts and orders may be made payable “Dr. Barnardo’s Homes Food Fund,” and crossed “Barclays Bank, Ltd., a/c. Dr. Barnardo’s Homes, 18-26, Stepney Causeway. London E. 1., England. Postal notes from Australia and New Zealand may also be sent, but these should not be crossed.