Ballington Booth

Ballington Booth

This is a photograph of social reformer General Ballington Booth. He and his wife, Maud Booth, founded the Volunteers of America in 1896.

Founded in 1896, Volunteers of America is one of the largest human services organizations in the United States. Every year, their efforts affect the lives of over 2 million people throughout the nation.

The organization's founders, Ballington and Maud Booth, originally envisioned a "movement dedicated to reaching and uplifting the American people," pledging to "go wherever we are needed, and do whatever comes to hand." Since the early 1900s, VOA has helped millions of poverty-stricken people throughout the United States. Their programs have spanned everything from soup kitchens to affordable housing, and they have hosted a variety of events from "Penny Pantries" during the Great Depression to salvage drives during World War II.

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Link: Library of Congress 

Source: Our History. (n.d.). Volunteer of America. Retrieved Oct 26, 2012, from http://www.voa.org/About-Us/Our-History

Library of Congress

Library of Congress

Medium: Photograph.

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Ballington Booth, Reform, Volunteers of America, Volunteerism, Human Services, Anti-Poverty, Housing

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