(handwritten)

Sir: we are planning to follow your example in �adopting� a French town. This is a copy of the letter that resulted in forming an active committee which has started work, tho we haven�t decided on the particular town. We are in touch with �Operation Democracy.�

Will you give some benefit of your experience? Do you send bulk shipments thru the official agency? Has the exchange of letters been encouraging. Can you give us some �Dos and Don�t?� We�ll appreciate it.

Mrs. H. Anne McCarrie

(typed)

To Your Members:

A group of Healdsberg, California citizens are joining in a project to �adopt� an unfortunate European city. Our purpose is humanitarian, with the added purpose of augmenting the Marshall Plan with voluntary aid. We need to make Europeans feel that America are their friends. We hope to mold them into democratic patterns. We will be doing our part in rehabilitation and furthering the ideals of peace. By working together here as a community, we are assured of official help in transportation from San Francisco and in suitable distribution.

What do we ask of you? Your good will. Your facilities for spreading information.

On January 13, 1949, the second Thursday of the month, there will be an open meeting at the Healdberg High School at 8 p.m. to decide which community in Europe to adopt. We ask that you send one or more members to this meeting to help in this decision and to carry information to your members

Please join us.

Sincerely,

(Hand written) Mrs. H. A. McCarrie

Secretary
R.B. 198
Windsor, California