But we have something to do with them many times a day. Every
time we sit down at our table we have something to do with them.
Our sugar may come from these children's work; our oranges, too,
and our peas, lettuce, melons, berries, cranberries, walnuts . . . !
Every time we put on a cotton dress, we accept something from
them.
For years no one thought much of trying to help these wanderers.
No one seemed to notice the unfairness of letting some children
have all the blessings of our country and others have none. By
and by, the counties and states and Federal government tried to
help the migrant families. In a few places the government has set
up comfortable camps and part-time farms such as this story
describes. The church has tried to do something, also.
About twenty years ago, the Council of Women for Home Missions,
made up of groups of women from the different churches, began to
make plans for helping. They opened some friendly rooms where
they took care of the children who were left alone while their
parents worked. The rooms were often no more than a made-over
barn, but in these "Christian Centers," as they were called, the
children were given cleanliness, food, happiness and the care of
a nurse, and were taught something about a loving Father God. The
children who worked in the fields and the older people were also
helped.
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