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8Jessica on November 11, 2009 at 7:09pm
Before: The poor was treated unfairly. Medical care was given mainly to the wealthy.--why they wanted to make things to help the poor because there were none.During the Progressive Era: Social Gospel and settlement houses helped the poor as well as Churches, Social Services and Community Centers
<The most influential social settlement house in America was started by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.YMCA- The Young Men's Christian Association
YMCA Central Branch, Philadelphia, PA 1918. These women are exercising on ropes and ringsThe YMCA provided social services, healthful sports, and recreation for people as well as libraries, sponsored classes, and swimming pools and handball courts.
12th Street YMCA In 1853 Anthony Bowen founded the first Colored YMCA.Salvation Army
The salvation army fed poor people in soup kitchens and cared for children.After:There are nearly 2,686 YMCA around today. It is the largest not-for-profit community service organizations in the United States. The YMCA united 21 million children and adults of all races, ages, and backgrounds.Salvation Army. The Salvation Army is proudly famous for its help with the poor and needy. Their social work is religiou activity. By believing that everyone has a right to the basic necessities of life. Which include: food, clothing shelter, education, health care, safe environment, economic security, productive work, just wages and benefits, decent working conditions. There are over 300 Junior and Senior Youth Clubs around US run by the salvation army. Some activities and services provided by the salvation army include: work with the elderly, work with the disabled, prison work, disaster and emergency work and more. J4urC3etptXu53QJ9PrncRoUmo4fFI9YoPYxhNzp5kWxR7UCM3jyK2f-BLlOIW8/Salvation_Army_Logo.jpg" alt=""/>Calgary Women's Emergency Shelter in CanadaCalgary is the largest city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. CWES was established in 1974. 2009 was the shelters 35 year of helping people of Calgary to lives free of domestic abuse. This is a not-for-profit organization in Canada that happened to be one of the firsts.
35 years.1974-2009.100,000 served Calgary Women's Emergecy ShelterMercy Home for Boys and Girls in Chicago.Founded by a Chicago police in 1887a privately funded childcarehome for abused, homeless and neglected childrenMISSIONTo help kids clear their pasts they are placed in schools and partnered with mentors who provide care, theropy and guidence. The mercy home provided social services.
The mission press operates at Mercy Home for Boys and Girls and helps provide a Socution for Kids in Crisis!Since 1887 MERCY HOME FOR BOYS AND GIRLSSources:http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/229.htmlhttp://www.american-architecture.info/USA/CHICAGO/CHIC-LS/CHIC-LS-041.htm (Settlement Houses)http://www.nwhm.org/ProgressiveEra/childrensbureau.html (Florence Kelley)http://explorepahistory.com/displayimage.php?imgId=5295 (YMCA)http://www.mercyhome.org/ (Mercy Home for Boys and Girls.)
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