Walla Walla Rallies to Fund the Stubblefield Home
A committee of the Commercial Club successfully secures $10,000 in local pledges to establish a new home for the needy.
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The committee from the Commercial Club has raised the amount of money to insure the establishment of the Stubblefield home. 'The committee met with such a ready response,' said President Turner today, 'that we decided that we would give every one an opportunity to subscribe. As a result we had no trouble in securing more than was required by the executors of the home to make up the $10,000. It is the intention of the committee to scale down the list and require from the subscribers only their proportionate share to meet the demand.'
“The committee met with such a ready response that we decided that we would give every one an opportunity to subscribe.”
Public-private partnerships to address housing and social welfare needs have been a constant in Walla Walla's history. Today, the debate over who funds the safety net often mirrors this 1903 model of elite civic clubs coordinating local philanthropy.
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