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The American Red Cross promotes its 1919 Christmas Roll Call, seeking universal membership without quotas to support post-war relief, with tiers from $1 to $100. President Wilson endorses it as a climax to victory. Additional notes on a school for Belgian boys and ongoing needs after peace.
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So great is the faith of the American people in the Red Cross that no quotas have been assigned to Red Cross Chapters for the enrollment of members in the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. Universal membership is the goal. Chapters are limited only by the number of people in their jurisdictions. The Roll Call will be finished only when every available person, without regard to age or sex, has been enrolled. Children may join only through the Junior Red Cross Auxiliaries, and their membership dues are twenty-five cents a year. The chief aim in enrolling is not to raise money but to increase the membership. Special emphasis is laid upon the regular membership at $1.00 per year, but privilege will be given to enroll as a Contributing Member at $5.00, Sustaining Member at $10.00, Life Member at $50.00 or Patron at $100.00.
THE CLIMAX TO VICTORY.
During the week before Christmas the entire American people will have the privilege of answering the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call. The response should roar through the land with a unanimity that will stimulate to the uttermost the hopes of men in all parts of the earth. It will therefore be the climax of American idealism and will usher in Christmas with a Red Cross membership approximating the census figures. What the Red Cross wants is the approval of the American people of the Red Cross policy, and such approval will have the highest significance in the eyes of suffering people everywhere. President Wilson leads the response and passes along the message, "I summon you to the comradeship."
RED CROSS SCHOOL FOR BOYS.
The American Red Cross has established a manual training school for Belgian boys at Vaulruz, Switzerland.
PEACE MAKES GREATER NEED
Peace will not end the need of Red Cross relief work. On the contrary, the proclaiming of peace opens new fields of service for the Red Cross, and now, more than ever, the American people will be called upon to obey their generous impulses to bind up the world's wounds.
Membership in the Red Cross affords the noblest outlet for such impulses. Every American should answer "Here" to the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call.
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1919, Week Before Christmas
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The American Red Cross conducts a Christmas Roll Call for universal membership enrollment without fixed quotas, aiming to increase membership rather than primarily raise funds, with various membership levels from $1 to $100 annually or lifetime. Children join via Junior Auxiliaries for 25 cents. The drive is presented as a climax to victory, endorsed by President Wilson, and highlights ongoing relief needs post-peace. Additionally, the Red Cross establishes a manual training school for Belgian boys in Vaulruz, Switzerland.