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1920s through 1940s

Parade emphasizes spirit of neighborly goodwill and cooperation.

Celebrating the Greater Peoria Community Fund and War Fund drive going over the top.

United Red Feather Campaign - Open the door...then open your heart

October 27, 1947 - Fund Drive Enters Final Stretch; $117,809 to Go

Image Asking What's Behind the Red Feather

Why the Red Feather? Community Chests adopted the red feather as their symbol - the symbol of humanitarian service.

Oct. 24, 1935 Community Fund drive opens with red feather as indicator of progress in the courthouse yard.

Oct 22, 1945 - Greater Peoria Community Chest fund concludes with $471,425, largest sum ever.

October 16, 1946 - Women leave on a bus tour of some of the Red Feather agencies.

October 19. 1947 - Presenting a red feather which symbolizes a good neighbor service through a gift to the Community Chest.

Cardboard spectacles at the annual meeting of the Community Chest's central volunteer bureau boasts No I Strain.

Greg Mayer was introduced as the Red Feather Kid at the Red Featherama sponsored by the Community Chest & Council.

June 2, 1946 - Mayor Triebel proffered tickets to "Red Featherama" by children representing Community Chest organizations.

First birthday party of the Volunteer Bureau of the Community Chest and Council held.

June 11, 1946 - Central Volunteer Bureau celebrates one-year anniversary and announces plans to present certificates in recognition of volunteer service.

Red feather and Wear it Proudly appears on front of newspaper.

Red Feather Campaign - Give of Your Pay, 3 Minutes a Day

Editorial cartoon - Give Enough Peoria to Local Community Chest Fund Drive

Combined Community Fund and Council and War Fund Announces Goal of $590,135 at Kickoff Luncheon

Firm Captains of the employee division receive instructions for the Charity Drive

Members of the Central Volunteer Bureau of the Community Chest and Council volunteer time and talent.

First 10 years of achievements of Peoria Community Chest's group work and recreation division shown in crystal ball at annual meeting.

Community and War Fund Poster. Victory Campaign - It's a feather in your hat! Give to your Community and War Fund.

Volunteer Speakers for the Community Chest campaign begin course instruction.

An exhibit from a Red Feather Agency at a Community Chest Agency Fair

Women's Division Captains receive supplies for the 1946 Community Chest Drive

1940's - Red Feather agencies provide medical care and programs for youth.

1948 - Women volunteers and the steps to a successful Community Chest Campaign.

1948 - Announcement that campaign reaches $333,537.42 mark in drive to operate 23 red feather agencies.

1946 Community Chest and Council pledge form

1946 Peoria Schools' Red Feather Day

1946 Annual Meeting - Community Chest agencies exhibit shows work. Directors elected for year.

1944 - Boy Scouts aid Greater Peoria Community and War Fund drive by distributing posters.

1943 Red Feather thermometer shows Community Fund Drive donations reach $388,356

1943 Greater Peoria Community and War Fund Drive kickoff breakfast

1941 Women's Division of Greater Peoria Community Fund meet to prepare for campaign

1941 Community Fund Drive Opens with Kickoff Breakfast

1941 Community Fund Campaign Goal Set at $230,876

1941 Advanced Fund Unit Opens Peoria Community Fund Drive

1940s Peoria County Community Fund Drive Thermometer in place to show campaign progress

Jan 22, 1922 Sunday Journal-Transcript Headline - The Community Chest Appeals to the Heart, Conscience and Common Sense of all Peorians

1922 Goal Thermometer shows $7,000 increase - biggest jump of the campaign

Society Women Meet about their role in the Community Fund Drive and to get supplies

1922 Campaign Plan - Give a Day's Pay to Charity

Peoria Community Fund brochure - "Suppose Nobody Cared?"

Chairman of the 25th Anniversary Traveling Exhibit explains it to others.

Greater Peoria Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies Marks Silver Anniversary

Women Prepare for the Solicitation of Contributions to the 1946 Campaign

25th Anniversary Observed at Annual Meeting where Greater Peoria Community Chest and Council of Social Agencies elected new directors.

Still Time to Give to meet 1931 Community Fund goal

Community Fund Drive is Started Today

1930s Women Fund Workers earn feathers by exceeding subscription quota

1946 Community Chest Women's Majors plan their part of the upcoming campaign

1943 Women's Teams getting ready to obtain pledges for the Greater Peoria Community and War Fund

Central Volunteer Bureau of the Community Fund and Council Marks First Anniversary with Party

United Giving for a United Cause - Labor, Management and Community Digging Deep for the Community and War Fund Campaign

Service Awards Presented at Central Volunteer Bureau Luncheon to Volunteers Who Gave of their time to Community Chest Agencies

September 22, 1954 United Fund Appeal - $105,000 Caterpillar Gift to Community Chest Biggest Gift Ever Made

Peoria Community Chest - It'll Take Plenty of Muscle image

1948 Community Fund Meeting of Women's Division to Plan Campaign Activites

1945 Community and War Fund Drive - 2nd Report Shows Slow Progress and Concern Campaign Won't Meet Goal

1945 Community and War Fund - First Pair of Post-war Nylons a Prize in Quiz Program Sponsored by Women's Committee

1921 - Our Founding Board Members

In 1935 the Peoria Community Fund produced one of the first moving pictures to show the work of local social agencies.

1938 Community Fund Budget Committee and Audit Provide Facts to Contributors

The Volunteer Bureau of the Peoria Community Chest and Council holds first birthday party and honors those who created it.

1945-The Volunteer Bureau is established to help the Community Fund and Council's welfare agencies handle increase in need for services and staffing issues.

January 22, 1922 - Women will appeal to women of private means to give to the community fund drive.

Over the Top - Celebrating the Greater Peoria Community Fund and War Drive exceeded its goal.

October 1948 Open Your Heart - Reminders to contribute to the Community Chest fund drive are erected in Peoria.

October 1946 - Your gift to the Community Chest provides children an opportunity to attend a partner agency camp.

October 1943 Greater Peoria Community and War Fund. Agencies supported by the fund help those with family problems due to the war.

October 1943 Community and War Fund Campaign contribution help children get a better chance in life.

October 1943 - Many women coming to Peoria on their own find a place to stay at the YWCA, which is supported finanacially by the Greater Peoria Community and War Fund..

October 1943 - At the financially supported Home of the Good Shephard, girls attend classes to prepare them for the future.

October 21, 1944 - Before the start of the Greater Peoria Community and War Fund campaign, employees of R.G. LeTourneau, Inc. submitted their subscriptions (pledges), which were matched by their company, bringing the total contribution to $50,000.

November 13, 1931 - At the Community Fund luncheon, it is reported that the drive has passed the half-way mark and uplifting stories of contributions are shared.

June 30, 1946 - Students from three different schools are shown handing in their coin boxes with contributions to the Greater Peoria Community Chest Fund drive.

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