WHAT THE Y.M.C.A. IS DOING.

Taihape Daily Times, 22 February 1918, Page 3

WHAT THE Y.M.C.A. IS DOING.

An Auckland resident received a letter from his son, who is in hospital in England, which goes to show how well the soldiers were looked after on Christmas Day. The son writes: “I’ve just had a tiptop Xmas dinner, meat pic, vegetables, Christmas pudding, jelly, and a glass of port, as well as apples and mandarins, cake, etc. This morning when I woke up there was a Dorothy bag, writing pad, chocolates, cigarettes, and a bosker cake, all sent by the Y.M.C.A., Aren’t they grand? It made everything feel quite ‘homey? Then later in the morning I got another lot—tin of milk, marmalade, and butter. They have all the ward decorated with holly, and altogether I’m, spending the Christmas 1917 a good deal more comfortably than I hoped ’ To this the father adds: “I think it is, only right that the public should have some idea of what a comfort the Y.M.C.A. is to soldiers away from homo, and for that reason I give you the above extract.” The above letter is a disinterested testimony to the good work being done and Taihape residents should remember ithat ''the (meeting this; Evening in the Supper Room of the Taihape Hall, is to organise a campaign to provide funds for, a continuance of the work so highly spoken of by the correspondent above quoted.