Wilmette Life (Wilmette, Illinois), 10 Feb 1928, p. 12

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at Lake . . . . to work. the weU kao CaM , aear ke Bluff. This work has fO -M~DW~a; v it now requires a yearly biMIIINt --.NfiiU, whi h t is raisal '11111.-ipl ia all th north ·bore s and the annual ball in Chieqo.. some eigbt or so yeats, Wi ctt sed its share by means of a h house canvass which met with · n easing1y generous response from towa. , With the establishment of the Wilte Community Chest, which inCludes A~den Shore am~g its ~ne iaries, the local comm1ttee of aghn turned its attention to sewing. is. group nteets once a month to , making girls' clothes and articles iieeded at camp and one meeting of e year is at eit If, to eew the win er camp. boys. To those less familiar with . the work this charity, the following para.., phs will give many interesting facts. ·artt:iet is Ar a........... c:.... Arden Shore, a camp for mothers d children, is one of the lartest fresh air eamps in the world. It is ted on a high wooded bluff, over- · king Lake Michigan, about thirtye miles north of Chicago. There e some twenty-two acres of land ~th a frontage of 300 feet on the lake. The propertJ is owned by e Arden e assoeiation, an incorporated y with a charter from th state of ois, and. is entirefy free · of debt. any beautiful buildings have been · en to the camp, most of them as ~orials. Scr ned c~ttage are pro-. fided for all campers. In the beginning only thirty guests 4il0Uid be accommodated at one time d all the work was done by voluns from the north shore villages. ow a staff of trained workers is emed and the camp, in summer, takes re of SOO persons at one time. Ourthe summer season vacations are Yen to some 2,300 mothers and chilen of Chicago's congested ~stricts, has been estimated by a reUable au"ty that Arden Shore dots the est percentage of free charity work any fresh air camp near Chicago. _ people are recommended by the erent social agencies, by the Chihospitals · ~nd by the Chic;aJo rd of Educ:at·on. . · · .. c...b.eln ~ Arden Shore aims to do real cooive charity work atnong thue y people. A won41eri·l ti . · en to qch and every one who enita ptes but at e tilne all learn somethina that wiU be fal in their daily Jiyea and make better and P~nre tell-respecting ·lerit::an citizens. fte mothers, tired and worn with F cares, , .n . .. .....~*des allo Ieana to take care of ....., to keep their houHt · aad to_ p, their Uctr· ,· ·.., 11011rYMac food. l+tr, · a ii'Oiiiil of happJ mothen pthera in .._.. JfOale where t~ chatter APTIONS are unneces-·· sary for such delightful pictures as these. It's just Arden Shore - haven for mothers and little tots from Chicago's vast ·t enement areas, and health grounds for hundreds of ·undernourished boys each winter who must remain · af the camp until they are physically fit to contribute their share to the family exchequer. C t· .. fat1111iea the clothing sent in by man)' friends. All the children, from the little kinderprten tots to the boys in Boyyille and the young girls in the waltreas aectioa, learn lessons of kinduad fa. , d pin bO 1~~ the· tr · bir nd Sew · ia thi1 beautiful place. guly ewer their work as they are meted oat ~o any bapless Y'?1Qig oftatl@t hqw. to make OYer for their i~der~ . J c· t alory of the day and to be deprived of thia ia the aeyer~t paftilbmeat The 4aiiY swim · in the cool waters Of talA! llichipn is the crowning ..... c.- ' · m.,. The regular summer vacation at Arden .Shore is two weeks but little convalescents from the Chicago hospitals often stay all summer and many a broken down mother has found her ft ion uatl~PectHIY exttnded un .·· s e Ji· qjin ·and. able to take up her burden once more. ,.. Cinders are the little motherless arirls in Cinderella lodge.. . ~ .ate the "Httle motheri" at home and tlais is about the only chance they have to be &ee from care and responaibility. 'fhe work among little girls has been greatly increased the past year and now ~-ny an anxious working mother iS relieved of the fear that her little daughter may come to harm on the dty streets and is cheered in the knowledge that she is happy and well cared for at Arden .Shore during the whole summer vacation. E . . . ..._ Natrit.·al Wn .-n The nutritional work among underqourUhecl children is carried on all . e J,.at. ·oa at Arckm Shore. These are the children who are being forced into industry by the desperate need o( their }Q tlie'" state of 116nOis a child who ·· 14 years old may obtain a working certificate, if his (Con~ued on ~e . l3) ._iU . .

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