Reflections of Havergal: 1994-2019

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Report of Social Work Ludemus, 1915 By Beatrice Kent, Sec. of Work.

Coverley, at last, has a definite piece of work of her own, for now she is responsible for the support of a nurse at the Nursing Mission. This year Miss Clementi was chosen to be our representative, and she is called the “Coverley Nurse.” Miss Clementi works only in the poorest part of the city, where the people cannot get any other attention when sick, and she is often the only person through the whole day who is in the house and able to do anything for the sick one. Through Miss Clementi Coverley is able every day in the year to send help to about six homes where there is sickness and poverty. Through our nurse we have been able to help a great many of her patients. Infants’ outfits have been made and given to mothers, also pneumonia jackets for babies, sheets and pillowcases, in all about six hundred articles. Coverley has visited a good many of Miss Clementi’s cases. Some of the people visited were very poor and had to be helped a little all winter. At Christmas time we had our own group of children at the Nursing Mission Christmas Tree. Each child had a toy, warm garment, orange and candy bag to take home. Settlement work as usual claimed part of our time this year. Central Neighbourhood House and St. Christopher House being the two we helped. To Central Neighbourhood we sent twenty-five workers and about two hundred books for their library; and to St. Christopher, twenty workers and thirty-two

dolls for their Christmas Tree. Another piece of work we did was suggested to us by Mrs. L. A. Hamilton. It was to collect good dripping and give it as an addition to the groceries given to the poor who are not able to obtain any fats for themselves. From January to June we collected five hundred pounds of good dripping a month from the Queen’s Hotel and the York Club. This was given to the district captains, who distributed it for us. Now that we have a room all to ourselves at the School, we have a “Warm Clothes Box.” Last winter all Coverley members were asked to collect warm clothing and put it in our box in room seven. Anyone in the Club who was visiting or helping a poor family would go to the box and take anything that would be useful to them. This box was filled and emptied quite often through the winter. In April, as usual, an appeal was made for Dr. Grenfell, which was sent with other things collected, and when the bale went off it consisted of two hundred and ten articles and sixteen dollars and fifty cents. Next year we hope to be able to do the same kind of work and to help the same institutions as we have this year, only we hope to be able to give more help and do more work than before.

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