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IL li . VOLUME SEVEN NUMBER tHIRTY-THREE PLEASE HELP TO FIND ME A HOME E are agreed that there is one In stitution, the oldest and the best beloved in all the world, namely, the home, where character can be successfully formed. The Chil dren’s Home Society wishes to be known to the public as having been organized in Georgia as a “character* building” Society. W The Society was chartered and in corporated under the laws of the State, and a definite organization was effected July 12, 1911. The ob jects of the Society are to receive and provide for destitute, neglected, ill treated, and orphaned white chil dren; to seek out suitable family homes for those that are normal, and to protect their interests by proper contract and otherwise, and to per form such other acts as will tend to improve the condition of the above mentioned classes of children. . The Society is organized to work out the salvation of the destitute children of the State by bringing to gether “The home that needs a child and the child that needs a home.” It is an established agency to provide the homeless child with a home and the childless home with a child. In so far as it succeeds in accomplishing this end two vital human needs are being satisfied. Child specialists agree that family life is essential to the highest devel opment of character and social effi ciency of the child. It is further agreed, that when for any reason the normal child is deprived of the nat ural home, a well-selected and care fully supervised foster-home is the best substitute. The foster-home affords individ ualizing care, good example, moral training, and a vital union with the life of the real world; and best fits the child for the acceptance of the moral responsibility of self-support, home making and parenthood. What The Georgia Children’s Home Society Is Doing. Though the Society has been established on ly a few months, it is already accomplishing good results in its distinctive sphere of philan throphy. Thirty-two cases of destitute chil dren have been referred to the Society. A goodly number of these cases have been dis posed of satisfactorily without requiring per manent release to the Society for placement A LETTER TO DICK RUSSELL-Page Five ATLANTA, GA., OCTOBER 12, By CLIFFORD GROOVER, State Superintendent, in family homes. A number are yet to be dis posed of pending further investigation. Twelve children have been legally released to the So ciety. Nine children have been placed in good family homes. Two have been returned to relatives. The Society has only two children on hand at the present time, pictures of whom appear on this page. By separating them, they could have already been placed in splen- I w Ofc*-- ' - K x &$&&& ' **■ fIRL v V, ' > \ Ir \ i : , A > | !-1 WP 17 ft • F IHILV 1 ’ J Jagg vj> . x Hm. ' MHM « ■> CSb. A Wil ifc , EHI * ji|EKl Hi I jB - wgfeto,-/ llfc W SB- <1 did homes; but the Society has deemed it best that this brother and sister should be placed in a home where they could grow up together. We hope that some deserving family, seeing their bright faces and realizing their great need, will recognize the opportunity of service to their Master in taking these two young lives into their home and hearts, and giving them a chance to develop into useful Christian lives. Will you not let us hear from you immediately, if you feel that you can give them a place in BABIES FOR SOMEBODY’S HOME. your home? The Society expects to take over four or five children during the week in which this article appears, and, if you feel that God would guide you in taking some unfortunate child to be cared for as your own, please let us know of your decision at once. How Is The Work Os The Society Done? When petitioned to assume responsibility for the care of a child, the circumstances surround- ing the child’s need are inquired in to carefully before it is accepted. Once accepted, the child is main tained temporarily at the expense of the Society, pending the finding of a suitable family that is willing to take it and care for it during its minority. Before entrusting a child to the care of any family, a trained representative makes a personal in vestigation into the fitness of such a family to have a child. After a child is placed in a family, it is protected by frequent visits by representatives of the Society. The Society. Offers help to any child in trouble. Receives homeless and neglected white children under twelve years of age after careful consideration of each case. Places children in family homes. Selects these homes on recommen dation of local authorities, after a visit by an experienced worker. Supervises children after place ment by correspondence and by vis its of officers of the Society. Transfers children from homes first selected, if necessary No child will be refused such as sistance as the Society is able to give on account of age, creed or social condition. Os course, it is recogniz ed that very young children will be more largely benefited through the care, love and training of the indi vidual fireside; and it is usually the more deserving applicants for children that want them at a tender age, for they want to rear them as their own and to start in their training as early as pos sible. Then, too, the Society does not receive children as permanent wards that are not nor mal in mind and body, or, who through proper medical skill, cannot be rendered normal. The Children’s Home Societies are organized in thirty-two states in the Union. They are founded upon the principle of home-care for (Continued on Page 7.) ONE DOLLAR ANB FIFTY CENTS A YEAR :: FIVE CENTS A COPY