Auburn, California Chamber of Commerce participates in a Near East Relief fundraising campaign in New Near East Magazine - July 1923 page 18.
Location
Auburn, California, United States
Year
c. 1921–1923
Context
Auburn, California — a former Gold Rush town in Placer County, by the 1920s the center of one of the state's largest fruit-shipping districts — committed itself to Near East Relief through its Chamber of Commerce, with every member pledging a contribution.
The 100% participation rate was the citizen-philanthropy model in miniature. Rather than soliciting individual donors, NER built much of its domestic appeal on networks of civic associations that pledged collective backing.
Local chambers of commerce in towns of every size across the country ran similar campaigns, turning ordinary American membership organizations into engines of overseas relief.
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From The New Near East magazine. The "NNE12" filename code is a label from a 2003 physical exhibit installation, not a magazine issue number. Original page in magazine - NEF_NewNearEast_S10_B168_1923_01-12_142
