DR BARNARDO'S HOMES

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 85, 5 July 1928, Page 7

DR BARNARDO'S HOMES

FEEDING THE WORLD’S BIGGEST FAMILY. Every day in the year Dr. Barnardo’s Homes have to think about food. Their family numbers nearly 8000 boys and girls ami babies, and all of these require three meals a day. gome of them need the extra diet of Hie invalid child or the young baby. There arc 3700 boys and girls of school ago, with the healthy appetite of youth. In order to supply the wants of this large family, which equals a town in size, the Homes arc appealing -for 400,000 half-crowns as birthday gifts in memory of the late Dr. Barnardo. ( Economy is the guiding principle of the Homes in all their work. But every house-mother knows that you cannot economise on the food of children without detriment to their health. The Barnardo family needs 24,000 meals a day; 168,000 meals a week; 8,736,000 meals a year. Bread is a large item. 1600 loaves are baked daily by the lads in the Barnardo bakehouse. But this supplies only about three-eighths of the family. Milk is another large item in the daily menu. 1000 gallons

per day are required. The Charter of'the'Homes is “No Destitute Child Ever Refused Admission.’ On an average 5 children are admitted daily. Under this Charter over 105,000 children have been admitted, ' cared for, educated and trained and placed out in the world as A.l. citizens instead of C.3.’s. Over 30,000 have been sent to the British Dominions, thus helping to people the British Empire overseas with British born. Cheques and orders may be made payable to .‘Dr„ Barnardo’s Homes Food Fund,’’ and, crossed, and addressed to ‘‘Dr. Barnardo’s (Homes Food Fund,” IS-26, Stepney Causeway, London, E. 1., England.