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THE AMERICAN RED CROSS
DOUGLAS COUNTY CHAPTER
COMMUNITY BUILDING

LAWRENCE, KANSAS

We broke our solicitations down into the following
divisions: :

1. Advance & Special Gifts : $4653.00
This group comprised gifts from larger firms
and was conducted one week previous to the start
of the regular campaign.

2. Clubs & Lodges $1029.30
This solicitation was likewise started one week
in advance of the regular campaign and was con-
ducted largely through letters sent out by a

- golicitation committee. The local Elks Lodge
gave $500.00 which we used as “kick-off"
publicity for our campaign. *

3.  Tawrence Business District. $2637.70
Comprised of contributions from small business
firms and downtown employees. : It was a smaller
amount than we expected but was due to the
wonderful coverage of our residential solicitation
committee,

4, fJawrence Residential District : $5644, 30
Mis we consider our banner division. It was
headed bv Mrs. Deal Six, a wonderful organizer,

5, Schools & Teachers _ & 737,14
This includes Haskell Institute, an Indian school
located here, ;

6, Kansas University $3354.08
We set this up as a separate division because of
the size of the institution. This division was
headed by Dr. Forrest C, Allen, famous basketball
coach. We feel that he did a tremendously good
job.

7. Douglas County Rural Area | $2785.04
This consists of donations strictly from farmers
and was broken down by school districts with the
solicitation centered in the rural teachers and
school boerds,