January 18th, 1924
Dear Secretaries and Board Members:
Have you stopped to think of the seriousness of your dilemma if, in the midst of plans for your association work, you and your constituency were shocked by earthquake?
Suppose you were seated at your luncheon table at noon, reviewing mentally the work of your branch and the goal which it is your ambition to attain, when suddenly the earth beneath you should begin to tremble. Suppose the walls of your room should crash in and in less than thirty minutes you should find building a complete ruin, your former associates dead and dying about you.
No less suddenly than this came the frightful and historic destruction of September 1st, 1923 to our friends of Tokyo and Yokohama, Japan.
The Y.W.C.A. work in Japan must be reestablished. Yet, the Japanese people themselves are without funds, unemployed and suffering. Help must come from abroad.
We are asking you to make February a Japanese Relief Campaign month. The goal is $250,000. Will you [cooperate]?
Sincerely yours,
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