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WHAT IS MOTHERS' MARCH?
- The Mothers’ March is. the
annual door-to-door campaign
-which supports the work of the
‘Kinsmen Rehabilitation Founda-
= tion of B.C. The Mothers’ March

"2" takes place during the first- week

“of'Febriary and is sponsored

‘land’ directed by nearly” 80
°c)’ Kinsmen ‘Clubs throughout Brit-
2 os ish Columbia,”

8 HOW DID MOTHERS’.

MARCH BEGIN}, . :

“oe In 944, a pollo epidemic in
.f B.C, teft in its: wake a tragic

number of disabled victims and
alerted Vancouver Kinsmen lolhe
desperate need to provide equip-
ment-and facilities for rehabili-
tation work; One, ol these was
the’ Mothers’ March on Polla."*
_ Later, the B.C. Polio Founda-
tion was formed and the “Moth-
ers’ March” became an annual
event {o support the work of the
Foundalion.. - °- ee

3, ARE THERE MANY PEOPLE
INVOLVED IN THE MOTHERS’
MARCH? mo
Though the numbers vary [rom

year- to. year, : roughly 20,000

yolunteer canvassers atlempt to’

kneck on the doors* of British
Columbia's 1.4. million house-

* holds during -the week of Febru- -
ary 4-9th About 70% of the.

Mothers’ March canvassers re-

tum year alleryeartohetpagaln.

4. 1S EVERY DOOR |
KNOCKED ON?

- No! Not by any means . .. but
under the leadership of Kinsmen
and. Kineltes throughout BC.,
more and . more ‘marching
mothers’ are being recruiled to
help every year. in some areas,
local Kinsmen Clits may under-
lake to send out a householder
mailing or appeal letter to busi-
ness firms, since they simply
don’t have the manpower to visit
everyone personally. :

_ 5; DO'YOU HAVE. TO BEA

“MOTHER TO BE

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qualification for - volunteering
your me in making the annual
campaign’a suecess!. . , the only
qualification is the ability togive
some. time to organizing a graup

of yolvatears or te pushing a few °

doornells or knocking on a fey
doors - usually in your own
neighborhood, Thee Kinsmen
Mothers’ March work force is
made up of men, wamen, students,
and many members of service

organizations andauxiliaries wha

believe that the work ofthe Kins~
men Rehabilitation Foundation
must continue InB.C. =

6. WHAT PART DO KINSMEN
. PLAY IN THE MOTHERS’
MARCH IN B.C.? ,
Each of the nearly 80 Kinsmen

“Clubs in B.C, (with a total mem-

bership of over 2,000 young men)
undertake the suppart of the Kins-
men Rehab. Foundation as partof,

their commitments to seeing that .

their ‘district project has the
funds Yo continue working. with
the disabled wherever they. may

live in B.C. For the most part,

each Kinsmen Club undertakes to
provide the leadership, organiza-
lion and man-hours required to

-{nsure © the February Mothers’

March campaign is a success,

9, 18 THE MOTHERS’ MARCH
CAMPAIGN THE. ONLY
SOURCE‘ OF FUNDS WHICH

. THE: KINSMEN REHABILI-
TATION FOUNDATION
RECEIVES?

_ Mothers’ March funds comprise

neatly. 90% of the total: funds

Foundation ralses each year
to continue its programs, and
services to handicapped children

and adults, The remaining 10%

comes from the numerous small

donations and bequests recelved
each year...

8. IS ALL OF THE MOTHERS’
- MARCH MONEY SPENT IN
_ BRITISH COLUMBIA? ,

Yes, every - Mothers’ “March
dollar is spent lo elther provide
or purchase services In ong form
er another for the disabled in

i FUND?” ecg sae
The ““Abilily »

B.C. who require them.

9. IF SOMEONE NEEDS HELP
FROM THE FOUNDATION,
HOW DO THEY GET IT?
This can be done by contact-

ing any member of tha Kinsmen

Club, inquiring through the tocal

Dept. of Public Health, Dept. of

Rehabilitation, and Soclal Assis-

lanee or by calling or writing

to the Foundation offices.at 2256

W, 12th, Vancouver 9, B.C. The

telephone number is 736-8841.

10. IS THE MOTHERS’ MARCH
3N THE UNITED APPEAL?

Out of the 80 major communi- .

ties which hold a Mothers’ March
in B.C,the Kinsmen Clubsot five
of thesedistricts hayetaken steps.
to conduct their Mothers’ Mareh
within the United Appeal or United
Good Neighbor fund, In these
communities, the Kinsmen work
along withthe United Appeal com-
mittees to insure that the
combined appeal, for all is as
successful as possible, These
areas “are: Prince Georgo,
Cloverdaie, Cranbrook, Trail
ll. WHAT IS THE OBJECT OF |

THE FOUNDATION?

To ‘administer proceeds of
funds’ ralsed- in: the” general —
interest of ‘habilitation and/or

‘Sunday, February 10 ;

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Questions |
Answers |

Mothers’. -

‘Mothers’ March" arethe same.
Actual’ both the Mothers’
March and the Ability Fund are

copyrighted under Canadian law
so that no individual or organiz-
ation “can ‘salicit funds under
these titles in B.C., without the
permission (and fraud protection)
of the ‘Kinsmen Rehabllitation
Foundation of B.C: In other pro-
yinces of Canada, the Ability
Fund is gradually: being used ta
replace the old '‘March of Dimes
for Polio” campaign. InB.C., the
“ability Fund" symbolized by the
Iree with one shart branch, has
been adopted by the Kinsmen
Foundation. It is hoped that even-
tually the public will recognize
the Ability Fund symbol as stand-

rehabilitation of any disabled -ing for the work of B.C.Kinsmen

person in B.C.

-. 4218S) THE “MOTHERS”

MARCH” THE SAME THING

AS THE: “MARCH - OF
DIMES?” . mo
No! In B.C., the “March of -

Dimes” appeal is conducted in ©
many parts of the province by -

the Children's Hospital of Van-
couver, None of the funds desiz-
nated or solicited forthe "March
of Dimes’ go -to support the

“-Kinsmen's Mothers’ March or the

Kinsmen Rehabilitation Founda-
‘ton of B.C.

13. WHAT 18 THE “ABILITY
ot Se

Fund" and the

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14, WHO -1S ELIGIBLE FOR
SERVICES PROVIDED BY
THE. MOTHERS’ MARCH
FUNDS? et

Any physic ally disabled person
in B.C. who suffers from.a con-

dition or requires services which °

are hot provided by other yolun-
teer olganizations, government
sponsored programs or health

- and insurance plans may-receive

assistance thraugh one or more
of the K, R...F.’s. nearly twa

do The amount and

“try. « Through
possible for’ persons donating ~

dividual’s needs, abilities and
personal circumstances,

15, DOES THE. GOVERNMENT
“SUPPORT THE MOTHERS’
MARCH?. o
Yes ~ to the same extent that
it encourages and supports many
other volunteer. organizations
who carry out vital work and ser-
vices for the handicapped andun-
derpriviteged’: both: in
province and throughout the cqun-
legislation it’s

money to charitable agencies to
deduct’ their contributions irom
their: income taxes. . In. Brilish
Columbia the provincial govern-
ment has made a practice for
the last four years of matching
the first $26,000. collected in

Mothers’ Mareh - providing the .

total provincial Mothers! March

_ exceeds $100,000.

\6. WHY DOESN'T THE
GOVERNMENT TAKE CARE
OF EVERYONE? -

“Jn. our Canadian’ democracy, :

we elect our government on the
basis of majority rule and expect
them ta deal with the problems
of the majority: Volunteer health
and wellare organizations like the
Kinsmen Rehabilitation Founda-
lion exists to try and meet the
needs of the handicapped, who for
the most part are a minorily
group in our total population.

When.an organjzation like:th
KRF-is abte to determine. that ¢
particular problem is very wide-

our”

spread, or affects a majority of
the population - it draws such
_ eases to the attention of govern-

ment who usually take over the -

responsibility ‘for carrylng: on
by the departments of health
throughout the provinee. In, the
early ‘history’ of our country,
much of this work was first cone
by private or voluntary organiz-
ations. ~~ oe
1%. WHO. IS. THE CHIEF .
.°, MARCHING MOTHER AND

- WHAT DOES SHE DO? © ~
Mrs. Lorraine Doresh of Prince
George, who‘is the District 5
-(B.C,) Kinette Co-ordinator, has
aecepted the ‘invitalion of the
Kinsmen Rehabilitation Founda-
tion ‘fa be the 1973 Honorary
Chief Marching Mother, Mrs.
Derosb has been an active Kin-
aia for several years and is a
prime: example of the excellent

" yolunteer work women dointhelr

communities. Mrs. Dorosh, while
being-a busy and devoled mother
of two growing children, will be
doing ‘some travelling throughout
the province-to meet with local
community. Mothers’. March
organizers in various Kinsmen
Clubs, and, of course, many
"volunteer Marching Mothers for

whom ste: Is the ‘provincial |

- Tepresentative. Con

18. HOW BIG ISTHE MOTHERS’
MARCH AND 35 THE NEED
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March provided nearly

-] . $345,000.00 which was alldevoted

to developing and maintaining the

‘yartaus programs which the

Foundation supports or operales

° directly... The long range projec-.
:-tipn for the needs of the handi-

capped for’ AbIlity ‘Fund support
Indicate a-requirement of up to
a million dollars by 1976. For

_gzample, there were requests for
_ aver $690,000,00 to provide ser:
“-vieesto the disabled this past

year; a sizeable portionof which,

“unfortunately, could not be met.

As the population grows and the

handicapped themselves berome .

more yocal about their needs, the

work of the KRF becomes equally ~

more important.

i

CAMPAIGN COST?

The Board of Kinsmen Foun-

that they are able to avoid this
éxpense by ‘having these items
donated by public-spirited: citl-,

aens in their home communities. . -

The overall campaign expenses
including advertising printing of

Mothers’ Mareh supplies, past-— -
age, ett, 1s planned nottoexceed

16%, It should be pointed out that

the media-press, radlo. and lele- -
vision stations. thrcughaul B.C. -
‘donate time and materfals and

otessional advice ° which
‘amounts lo a value of more than
double the tolal campaign budget.

40 (DOES . THE © CAMPAIGN

FUNCTIONS?
Yes' ~ The information made

March time does a great deal to-
ward finding-new areas of -con-
eern for the disabled. Each year

19, HOW MUCH “DOES “THE we find new cases of people who

require assistance as a result

Kinsmen. Club may spend up. tathe Foundation operates. There-

5G, of their previous year’s col-
- lection onlocal advertising, post-
in and the disabled more

age and related: expenses

fore, we feel that funds spent in
this way serve to.make the public
aware of

making the public aware of their what is available to them. Viewed
Mothers’ March campaign, Inthe like this, “campaign costs'’ are

majority of cases, Kinsmen

Volunteer marchers
fer has wr,

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find not necessarily a bad thing.

“SERVE: ANY OTHER, .

“S. gyallable tothe publicat Mothers’ .

! -of the. Mothers’ March publicity
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