The Health bulletin [serial] - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

March, 1955 The Health Bulletin 11raised through the Easter Seal Campaign,at a cost of $17,846.03, which lefta net of $127,846.03 for local and Statepiograms. Of this amount, $68,983.21was retained by local societies, $12,-098.90 was allocated to the National Society(8.3% of gross), and $42,765.03 tothe State Society. The NCSCCA spent$30,670.59 during the 1953-54 fiscal yearand reserved $10,000 for a rehabilitationprogram or state project to be developedin the near future. The Society'sfixed assets total $26,130.20, consistingof land and building in the amount of$14,369.31, house improvements of$558.58, and furnace, furniture andoffice equipment valued at $11,202.31.The second floor of the State office isrented as apartments, for which incomeis received.Of the 100 counties in North Carolina,95 participated in the Easter SealCampaign. Most local affiliates are governedby duly elected officers, an ExecutiveCommittee, medical advisors,boards of directors and Service ProgramExpenditures committees. Thereare instances where local societies arenot fully organized and where theyoperated as small committees. However,each county society is being urged toadopt local by-law, and meet full requirementsof membership before beingchartered. Local societies work closelywith health and welfare agencies andother community organizations in determiningneeds before expendituresare approved.Expenditures during the 1953-54 fiscalyear were, for the most part, in thearea of direct services. Some local societiessupport, either wholly of partially,centers for the care and treatmentof handicapped children. These are locatedin Asheville, Fayetteville, Gastoniaand Wilmington. In addition,speech rehabilitation centers have beenheld in Newton, Tarboro, Hickory, Wilson,Sanford, Hamlet, Salisbury, Goldsboro,Wadesboro, Washington, Smithfieldand Carthage.A total of $55,899.71 was expended bylocal societies covering all phases ofservices to the handicapped. Of thisamount, $14,023.38 was spent for thepurchase of aids and appliances (wheelchairs, artificial limbs, etc.) ; a sum of$17,269.01 for physical, occupational andspeech therapy, hospitalization, surgery,medication, x-rays, etc.; $6,589.26 foreducation (homebound instruction, specialclasses, tuition, workshops for professionalpersonnel, etc.) ; $4,713.82 fortransportation to hospitals, clinics,schools, etc.; $4,241.37 for personal services,such as salaries for case workers,clinicians' travel expense, therapists'salaries, etc.; $3,444.14 for campershipsto the Easter Seal Crippled Children'sCamp and Camp Sky Ranch; and $3,-758.50 for scholarships to teachers enteringand working in the field of specialeducation and for grants to schoolsin support of special education workshops,centers and hospitals providingcare and treatment programs for crippledchildren. The sum of $1,860.13 wasspent for general expenses, such asparties and camp activities for crippledchildren, Christmas parties and specialentertainment.A total of 3,473 handicapped childrenand 801 handicapped adults receivedhelp through local and State programs.These services covered the above expendituresand included such handicapsas poliomyelitis, congenital deformities,amputations, speech defects,cerebral palsy and crippling conditionsdue to accidents. It is significant thatthe Easter Seal Society operates at thelocal level entirely without any paidstaff members. All services renderedare provided by volunteers.The State Society is governed by aBoard of Directors consisting of threemembers from each of 12 districts inNorth Carolina. Policies are determinedby the Board of Directors and ExecutiveCommittee, in cooperation with aMedical and a Program Advisory Committee.All serve on a voluntary basis,and they come from all walks of life.In the fiscal year 1953-54, the StateSociety operated with an executive director,one field representative, oneoffice supervisor, one full-time and onepart-time secretary, a part-time shippingclerk (during the campaign only)and one part-time multilith operator.