THE FRESH AIR FUND

Southland Times, Issue 17733, 10 August 1917, Page 6

THE FRESH AIR FUND

A STRONG APPEAL. pmring the 25 years of its existence Sir jfrytfeair Pearson's British Fresh Air Fund lus given 3,700,623 poor children a day in fh© country, and since tho inception of the fortnightly holidays in 1908, 39,008 of the gmrt weakly and ailing little ones have had » glorious fortnight's change by the sea or in the country. Poverty is the only passport to a Freah Air Fund holiday. All the money received in subscriptions is spent on the children; the working and management expenses being borne by the promoters. The Fresh Air Fund is one of the sweetest and kindliest charities ever conceived. It the pale Utile waifs of the crowded oileys of the large towns and cities of the United Kingdom and transports them to incredible happiness. Little children whose horizon has always been a row of forlorn chimney pots are suddenly made aware of the glory of open spaces; of the wind rusting through big trees; of illimitable meadows where flowers grow that may be picked; of sweet running water where perhaps fish may be seen. No subscription is too smell. 1/- gives » London slam waif a day’s outing in the country or at the seaside. 12/6 providea a fortnight’s holiday for a pallid little dum dweller who has never seen a field of grass. JFe have received the following amounts: Amount already acknowledged .. .. £36 7 0 J. B 0 5 0 Miss K. BWde .... o*s 0 L. J., F. J. 0 5 0