An appeal on behalf of THE TRAINING SHIP Stork by Dame SYBIL THORNDIKE , D.B.E., LL.D.
The training ship Stork has since March, 1913, been moored in the Thames above Hammersmith Bridge, and has ever since provided a home and training for boys for the Royal Navy and the Mercantile Marine. Since the War preference has been given to the sons of ex-Service men.
At present there are fifty boys in the ship and they are all the fatherless sons of ex-Service men and come from very poor homes. More than half of them are from the Distressed Areas, and their ages are between nine and seventeen. All money received is devoted to purposes directly benefiting the boys. There are no office or admininstrative expenses and there are no paid Dfficials other than the officers and instructors in the ship. Since 1913 over eight hundred have been trained in the ship.
Contributions will be gratefully acknowledged, and should be addressed to Dame Sybil Thorndike ,
D.B.E., LL.D., The Training Ship Stork, [address removed]