Volunteers of America

American  

noun

1. a religious reform and relief organization, similar to the Salvation Army, founded in New York City in 1896 by Ballington Booth, son of William Booth, the founder of the Salvation Army. VOA

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Volunteers of America British  

plural noun

1. a religious body aimed at reform and relief of human need and resembling the Salvation Army in organization and tenets, founded in New York City in 1896 by Ballington Booth

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Example Sentences

But Orlando Ward, executive director of external affairs at Volunteers of America, which operates more than a dozen shelters across Southern California, doesn’t see climate as the problem.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2023

He then came back to Los Angeles where he became Chief Medical Officer for the nonprofit Volunteers of America before returning to the West L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 11, 2023

Volunteers of America says it’s bringing on 50 additional staff members.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 24, 2022

ProLiteracy: Literacy Volunteers of America was founded in the 1960s by Ruth Colvin, who launched the charity from the basement of her Syracuse, N.Y., home.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2021

Mrs. Reilly saw again the horrible, coffee-stained lumber jacket that she had always secretly wanted to give to the Volunteers of America along with several other pieces of Ignatius’ favorite clothing.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole