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Newspaper
New York Tribune
Location
New York, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1914
Page
22
The Tribune Fresh Air program begins June 20 offering outings for thousands of city children. Stories highlight families hosted by volunteers inAlbion and other towns, with notes on costs, funding from Tribune Fund supporters, and the lasting benefits to health and welfare.
The Tribune Fresh Air Fund moved children to country homes for two weeks at a total cost of 43089 79 in 1913 with 9508 children sent over 37 years. Average cost per child was 453 and public contributions totaled 29650 40. The report notes shifts toward private host homes and camps, detailing centers, generosity of hosts, and the ongoing balance between institutional and private arrangements to extend care while reducing expenses.
A Tribune Fund push for a general interchanging of fresh air outing sites aims to prevent duplicated benefactions and ensure clean, disease free outings for New York City children. The effort, backed by numerous organizations, emphasizes strict health examinations, residence checks, and signed worker statements to verify need and worthiness before a child is approved for an outing.
Statement details balance from the Tribune Fresh Air Fund. It records contributions from readers, specific expenses for maintaining the fund, cost of sending children to the country, printing and administration, and a summary of the fund’s thirty seven years of work under trustees and the charity’s manager.
Secretary McAdoo will review reports from District Attorney Marshall and Treasury engineer Colonel Pry on the New York subway controversy. Attorney General McReynolds has the state of the case and will pass the material to McAdoo tonight, with a decision anticipated the middle of the week.
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