Endowments; Fund raising; Police-community relations; New York (N.Y.); New York (N.Y.). Police Department; Woods, Arthur, 1870-1942
Format
correspondence
Genre
Business correspondence
Date
[between 1916 and 1918]
Physical Description
microfilm, 16 mm, b&w
Note (Reel no.)
Reel 84
Note
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Christmas and kids are more synonymous in New York this year than ever before, thanks to Police Commissioner Arthur Woods and his big-hearted bluecoats. The grown-ups may find Christmas means only that the 'one-arm' restaurants are putting holly wreat hs on the menu cards and raisins in the rice pudding. But Commissioner Woods and his men will see to it that on next Monday there shall not be a single kiddie in the plight of the Georgia darky who heard the whistle blow and remarked: 'Dinner time fo' some folks; jest 12 o'clock fo' me.' Three weeks ago the Commissioner planned New York's first police Christmas tree fund and celebration. Now it has reached such proportions that $36,000 has been raised by citizens of the precincts, and so many children are to be benefited that in several stations three or four celebrations will be held. Some are set for Christmas eve, some for Christmas day and some for Christmas night. At each will be a tree. The captains will give talks, wishing the children a merry Christmas and assuring them of the friendship of the force throughout the year. The children will sing under the direction of their school teachers, and at the close of the programme the captains will present a package to every boy and girl. In it will be a toy and a box of candy, fruit, some warm clothing and in special cases orders for food and coal." [SOURCE: "POLICE RAISE $36,500 CHRISTMAS TREE FUND: Celebrations in All Stations, with Gifts for Children, Is Plan." New - York Tribune (1911-1922), 18 Dec. 1916, pp. 5. ProQuest, http://ezproxy.cul.columbia.edu/login?url=https://search.proquest.com/docview/575666759?accountid=10226. Accessed 11 Oct. 2018.]