More than 50,000 Jewish homes and offices will be canvassed by Zionist volunteer committees in the semi-annual clearance of the Blue-White boxes of the Jewish National Fund of America for the yield of coin donations deposited since October 1st last.
A box clearance drive was begun on October 15th in more than 300 communities throughout the country. The average yield per box amounts to about $1.00 a year, the results of the semi-annual clearances for many years show. This average continues to hold good even during the depression year, Nelson Ruttenberg, President of the Fund, stated. While the income of the Fund from other sources had necessarily declined because of the depression, the yield of the coin donations deposited in the Blue-White boxes has been affected but slightly, he stated.
Mr. Ruttenberg also announced that the Fund has decided, for the purpose of stimulating interest among the box holders, to award three prizes to the owners of the three boxes in which the largest sums will be found during the present clearance. The first prize constitutes an inscription in the Golden Book of the Keren Kayemeth Le Israel, which is a permanent record of names of persons who rendered unusual service to the upbuilding of Palestine; the second prize consists of a certificate of 50 trees being planted, in the name of the box owner, in the George Washington Forest in Palestine; the winner of the third prize will be able to select a valuable volume of Jewish literature in the English or Hebrew language.
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