The Chicago office of an international relief agency is trying to raise $100,000 from Midwesterners for emergency food packages that will go to Soviets in Moscow and Leningrad who are facing severe shortages.
CARE plans to send at least 50,000 packages to the Soviet Union through Germany. As part of that national effort, Midwest regional director Thomas Buchanan is asking Chicago-area residents and other Midwesterners to pitch in. CARE was founded to supply relief to war-ravaged Europe after World War II, but the CARE packages were phased out in 1967. In recent times, the agency has focused on ”emergency relief and long-term development in developing countries,” Buchanan said.
The CARE packages for the Soviets will not differ greatly from their World War II counterparts. They will contain $40 worth of food, including biscuit mix, sugar, rice, powdered milk, vegetable oil, lard, oat flakes, peas, canned meat, tuna, cheese, soap and chocolate.
To donate for the CARE packages, call 312-641-1430 or send donations to CARE, Soviet Relief, 70 E. Lake St., Dept. 1430, Chicago, Ill. 60601.
