Headed by Louisville, with a quota of $45,000, seventeen drives for the Allied Jewish Campaign are being held this week. The second largest quota on this week’s list is that of Savannah, Georgia, for $20,000. Next comes Mobile, Alabama with $10,000; Tampa, Florida has undertaken to raise $7,500; and Augusta, Georgia, and Pontiac, Michigan $5,000 each. Niagara Falls, New York, has a quota of $4,000 and Coatesville and Braddock, Pennsylvania, $3,000 each.
The other communities holding drives this week are Willimantic, Conn.; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Muscatine, Iowa; Iowa City, Iowa; Vineland, New Jersey; Bridgeton, New Jersey; and Jamestown and Ellenville, New York.
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