Advance gifts to the 1962 United Jewish Welfare Fund campaign totaling $3, 525,260 were reported tonight at a meeting attended by leaders of 250 divisions of the drive. The campaign is seeking a total of $8, 000, 000 this year.
Joseph N. Mitchell, general chairman, reported the total advance gifts which compared with $2, 632, 171 at the same stage of the 1961 campaign. Mrs. Victor M. Carter, chairman of the women’s division, reported that the division had reached the half-way mark in its quota for the 1962 drive. Julius Bisno, executive director of the UJWF described plans for the campaign which was formally launched April 1.
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