The Industrial Department of the United Hebrew Charities of New York: Committee Report

Publication Date: November 1915

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

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Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Social Services; Communal Organization

Type: Report

Coverage: United States New York

Abstract:

The author describes a new experimental project undertaken by the Industrial Department. It distributed tens of thousands of bags to Jewish householders and businesses with the request that they would donate what they would have otherwise discarded to the Department, which then employed a staff to sort, and either redistribute the goods to the needy or sell them for funds to be distributed. Although the costs of the program so far are not outweighed by the material gains, it is hoped that the extension of this program will not only continue to distribute needed goods but also begin to pay for itself.