Charities

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (seated, left) attends a Christmas Bag Party at the Central Union Mission where she presents gifts to five-year-olds Carl Eager, Jr. (foreground, center) and Jean Copeland (foreground, right).

President Harry S. Truman (center) is presented the Red Feather Oscar for his work in the red feather drives sponsored by the Community Chests of America. The tiny statuette is awarded to volunteers who provide outstanding work at those drives. From the scrapbooks of Matthew Connelly, Volume 4.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (left), an unidentified young woman (center), and former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt (right) at a nation-wide radio broadcast from the White House to promote fundraising efforts for infantile paralysis. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

Margaret Truman (left) and First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (right) contribute to the Infantile Paralysis Fund Drive by placing coins in a bottle labeled "Missouri". The man in the center is unidentified. From the Scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Volume 3.

President Harry S. Truman is delivering a radio speech to open the 1946 Red Cross Drive. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

First Lady Bess Truman (second from right) and Margaret Truman (right) contribute to the fight against infantile paralysis by dropping their dimes into the Missouri bottle outside the Capitol Theater. With them on the left is Richard Dobson, who recovered from infantile paralysis last year. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol 2.

Margaret Truman (right) presents baby dolls to Bill Herson (right), Radio Station WRC timekeeper, at the Doll House on F Street, launching WRC's campaign to provide dolls and toys for Washington's under-privileged children. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.

President Harry S. Truman (left) buys a Forget Me Not from Barbara Rahm (center) and Phillis Rahm, seven year old twins, representing Disabled American Veterans. President Truman is in his office in the Federal Courthouse at 9th and Grand in Kansas City. Donor: Clinton A. Brown

Photograph of an advertisement created by the Advertising Council for CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe). Caption: "Our friends abroad are hungry! Send $10. CARE, New York. CARE is non-profit Government approved."

Photograph of an advertisement created by the Advertising Council for CARE (Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe). Caption: "Our friends abroad are hungry! Send $10. CARE, New York is non-profit Government approved."