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Wooden
bank for Busy Bees circa 1891
Longyear Museum Collection, AF0001
In
1891, Maurine Campbell, a Christian Scientist in Boston,
organized the "Busy Bees." This group of children
raised money for a room for Mrs. Eddy in The Mother Church
and later for the flower fund. In 1898, Mrs. Eddy requested
the Busy Bees to disband, explaining, "you should
begin now to earn for a purpose even higher, the money
that you expend for flowers. You will want it for academics,
for your own school education, or, if need be, to help
your parents, brothers, or sisters" (Miscellany,
p. 216). She established a $4,000 trust fund for them,
to be distributed equally, with interest, upon their becoming
young adults.
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