“Go wherever we are needed and do whatever comes to hand.”
Ballington and Maud Booth, 1896
This was the pledge made by Ballington and Maud Booth when they founded Volunteers of America in 1896. Now, more than 125 years later, these words still define us as we continue our legacy of responding to the needs of veterans, those at-risk of homelessness, unemployed, justice-involved, who have mental health and/or substance use diagnoses.
VOAMASS, a proud affiliate of VOA, was incorporated in Massachusetts in 1934 with footprints in community service dating back to the early 1900’s.