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G.W. Hinckley's Dream

Grange Cottage, Good Will Homes, 1911

Grange Cottage, Good Will Homes, 1911

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L.C. Bates Museum / Good Will-Hinckley Homes

Hinckley believed four elements were necessary to providing a successful environment for needy children: physical, intellectual, social, and religious.

Youths should work not only on the farm, Hinckley thought, but in the kitchens, laundry, and at other tasks at the institution.

They should work for whatever they got, Hinckley believed. Even if people donated items to Good Will, the youths worked to earn the items.