Community Chest, cooperative organization (1) _____ citizens interested (2) _____ the effective development (3) _____ social services and (4) _____ raising funds to support such services. A characteristic (5) _____ the chest is its annual united fund-raising campaign. The chest determines how the funds are allocated based (6) _____ the needs (7) _____ the community and the work (8) _____ the individual agencies receiving the funds. It also acts (9) _____ a public relations medium, interpreting the community's social work activities (10) _____ the general public. Contributors benefit because the community chest calls (11) _____ them only once a year. Moreover, a united campaign usually reaches more people and raises more money, (12) _____ less cost, (13) _____ many separate campaigns.
A cooperative organization similar (14) _____ the community chest is the community council. The community council usually raises support (15) _____ funds (16) _____ activities (17) _____ the field (18) _____ social work, such (19) _____ education (20) _____ recreation. The council may be a part of a community chest, or it may be the larger entity and include within it a community chest. The national association of community chests and community councils is the United Way of America.