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<br />KMAN'S DEPARTURE is ru,
<br /> rnored as others rise, back page `~
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<br /> Some Cities ~ '
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<br /> ~Q~.ureifts
<br /> By HAtt[w11V S: 13YRNE ,
<br /> S26Uf Rpr1p!-@T Uf TMB WAI.I. STRE;B~' JAUltNA4
<br /> Even Lake Forest, a wealthy suburb of
<br /> Chicago, can't provide its residents with all
<br /> the amenities.• For nstanpe,' it .would like
<br /> but can't afford a nature shelter ($225,000),
<br /> new No. 1 and No. 3 greens for the golf
<br /> cqurse ($80,000), indoor tennis courts ($1.2
<br /> million! and new landscaping and more
<br /> space to make the city hall parking lot look
<br /> less like a parking lot ($130,000).
<br /> So :Lake Forest decided to ask its resi•
<br /> dents for donations by distributing an ,18•
<br /> page, liberally Illustrated catalog of its de• a
<br /> Blres called, "The lake Forest Handbook'*A
<br /> Traditign qt Excellence Through Giving."
<br /> It is a tactic that < is bepoming tncreas• ,~
<br /> ingly popular. with cities and fnwns that
<br /> have .been affected by 1?re6ldent Itea~an's
<br /> budget outs. Hy asking tor- donations, sev
<br /> era! gibes have raised hundreds of thou-
<br /> sands of dollars in hash and even, more in
<br /> materials and volunteered time. But while
<br /> the use of municipal gift catalogs 1s grow-
<br /> ing, no one pelleves~ privets donations fan
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<br /> fill the gaps produced! by
<br />bpige cuts;
<br />~ on
<br /> 1Yaftltlg ttlx First ;Gift •. ~ ~"
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<br />All gifts are tax-deductible, and ever! in rit
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<br /> Lake Forest, some are relatively clxeap: $75 ter
<br /> to sponsor a softball team and $100 or so [or ex.
<br /> a picnic table. But also on the list is a $1.2 ng.
<br /> tttillion swimming pool that residents, many is-
<br /> ot whom have their own pools, twice .re• tai
<br /> ~ected in tax referendums, ter
<br /> City Manager Jotu- F. Fischbach die- tai
<br /> misses the suggestion that the town of 15,000
<br />d
<br /> people is down on its luck. "We have a num• S
<br /> ber of Improvements which can't be funded
<br /> now because we're :watching our spending,
<br /> so we hit upon the catalog Idea,"' he says.' nt,
<br /> Copies were distributed a few weekrr ago to ing
<br /> central spots like the library and`~lty hall.` .an
<br /> Mr. Fischbach says the ftrst :gift hasn't yet ins,.
<br /> arrived, but he has gotten Halls and expect: :Jest
<br /> a donation soon. ~ ~ ' • ' ° . `; • ds,
<br /> No one is sure which city first used the taL
<br /> approach, but it predates Reagangtnigs and eri-
<br />-. probably originated with parks and tecre-;.
<br /> anon activltfes, which xradttionaily .°. hava so
<br /> been beneficiaries of the wealthy, a of
<br /> Iake Forest got the ideal trmn Detmit;. ' but
<br /> which put out its first 36-page catalog two ,
<br />abil-
<br /> years ago and gets requests for copies from
<br /> 10 or 12 cities a week. "We got over $100,000 tasf
<br /> in cash donations oast year and many times.
<br />` more than that !n equipment and'services," gg
<br />
<br />says Daniel H, Kriclv~baum, director of parks s
<br />e
<br /> and recreation. He estimates that this year's ~ r`
<br /> response !s equally `strong. While- Detroit's
<br /> catalog suggests donations as small as $15, `
<br /> tt also appeals; for 53.5 lmtlilon to renovate a
<br /> building, '
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<br />Qf clUen aslfing for money; Baltirriore ~ ,
<br />may be:the most aggressive. Fontaine Sulli- ~ ~1~,
<br />van, yvho` heads Volunteer services: In the Jxk
<br />mayor's office,-says she asked each city de- «''e~,~~
<br />partment six months ago to make a list'ot ,
<br />thinga it needed but couldn't afford. S 'r
<br />In June, Mrs. Sullivan persuaded the ~ ti
<br />city's newspapers to pgblisi~ at r1o. charge ,.,
<br />the list of more-than },OQO items, which in 3~;#
<br />small type covered two full page. The ap• ,n '-'
<br />heal wgrked. ~ ~ , ~ Y ;
<br />~ "When I read the list of needs for the '
<br />Baltimore jail, I went out and bought a30 ~~ ~'?
<br />I worth of games to send," says Kristen Braly, 2
<br />~ fhe widow of Malcolm 13raly, who spent 17 +^~ ;
<br />yearsln prison and wrgte'extenslvely about ';,,
<br />~~ his experiences. Mrs. Braly also sent a lot of '•
<br />books, including the works of her late. hus• r`•
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<br />~ band and "The Executioner's Song'; by Nar•
<br />.man Mailer. "Malcolm aly~ays told me bore• ~'rt,
<br />dom was the worst thing about being >in '
<br />prison, says Mrs. 13raly,°a viola player in {;`
<br />the $aliimore,Sympi~ony Orchestra:
<br />~ Att Evet~lrtg ~rt~e , rt
<br />Helen M. Gail, 93 years old, says she 7
<br />~ made her first {flit to the city--$1t)0-`'on a A,r.t
<br />~ whim" after she-read that Baltimore Fire t
<br />Stattor- No, 2 needed money tar refurbish- ~~ ;;
<br />ment. "My Father was'a fire department ~ "
<br />buff ;and he; whs. Mi honorary ;member of ~•~`,I
<br />that fire at$ttan, •so I Nought I'd;glve tltemi a . ~k
<br />little help," says Mrs. Gail. "But I wouldn't +~~,+
<br />give the city money for anything else."
<br />Mrs. Sullivan: estimates that': several ~«
<br />hundred :thousand dollars in cash and equip- 'ea;
<br />ment ha$ ;been donated. ' "A lot of people ~ ° '
<br />seemed surpri&ed that the city needed a lot ~+'~'"
<br />gf things hey nQ';lo~,~e~ ~t~l, such as ty ~~'~ ?
<br />`•iterg, ~ e " the sa~yys. '
<br />With donated `~elp" apd ~ $3t!(l; ~ ~Llncoln ~(
<br />Neb., last fall put t4gethe# a 40•page catalog ~ .;>
<br />ltstigg the needs of city: departments. by i };'
<br />price ~ bracket, (
<br />Elaine ~Jrpenter, administrative assis• ,!ri~;;
<br />tent to the maypr, days contributions so far, ~ '
<br />including services,; total severa- hundred
<br />thousand dollars: No' amount of gift-glvltt8, ~ °
<br />however, is likely to match the $l million or r ;
<br />so the city' With lose this year to federal ~~~'~
<br />funds. 3- ~~
<br />In' CirllraAta Springs, Gia., -the Junir '~?
<br />League is leading a drive to imprgve the h
<br />pperks. -last fall,': mcmlaers carrying a larN ~~~,;;
<br />thure listing needs- for landscaping, equip-. ~ ,~
<br />ment, furniture and volunteer services : ;
<br />called on businesses and civic organizations. l~,ti„
<br />• Since then, more than $200,000 in donations ~ ;~
<br />has been received, says Laurence Schenk, s~< < .
<br />director .of parks and recreation: rt
<br />Richard B. Dodge, administrator for the ,
<br />Department. of Leisure Services in St. he• '!'
<br />tersburg, Fla., says he bas gotten several y ±;
<br />hundred requests for. copies of the city's
<br />year-old -gift guide.
<br />St. Petersburg has received .more than ~+:
<br />$400,000 in donations, `including a $100,000 ';{
<br />gift from Jay Starkey, a real estate devel•
<br />opera thak helped bpild anew citypark. Now ~r
<br />Mr. Dodge plans a special Christmas mail- ;
<br />ing oP tie gift guide.
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