This textbook is third in a series of readers portraying people who have served their community. This volume examines some of the things which are civic in nature and about which every intelligent citizen should have some knowledge. It is not intended that a detailed study be made of the various topics. The principal object in view is to have the children thinking about civic affairs and interested in them. The work covered in part I of the present volume aims to arouse the interest of the children in such matters of a civic nature as water, gas, electricity, and the telephone; that of Part II aims to give the children an intimate knowledge of the places and activities of civic interest in the neighborhood; and part III aims to give them an understanding of the Junior Membership and School Activities of the American Red Cross.