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Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio and Indiana are merging together to become Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana. This new organization will serve more than 23,000 people from 65 program locations in 16 communities across the region.

Flying Ace Express Car Wash announced the donation of $1,695 to the Volunteers of America of Greater Ohio’s Operation Backpack Campaign.

Evansville will have a new addiction treatment option for pregnant women and mothers with children when Volunteers of America Indiana opens Fresh Start Recovery Center early next year.

It shouldn’t be a big secret how thrift stores operate, sort donations and how much they value the clothes and household items donated by community members like you. The proceeds of Volunteers of America thrift stores support life-saving programs for community members in need.

So, you know that you want to participate in Operation Backpack® but now what? There are a few ways to get involved, allowing you to choose the method that works best for you. Let's go through all the ways you can give homeless children in Ohio confidence.

When you host a back-to-school backpack and school supply drive for Operation Backpack®, you help prepare kids in need with the tools to succeed in school.

In 2013, Max and Phillip met at Brandon Hall as homeless veterans. Now, four years later, they bought a house!

Volunteers of America of Indiana has four main service areas - support for homeless veterans, reentry services, behavioral health treatment, and independent senior housing.

On March 16, 2017 Volunteers of America of Indiana had a great fundraiser to fund the expansion of the Fresh Start Recovery Center. HUGE thanks to the Whitsett family for letting us have it at their home.

The small community of Sandusky came together to help renovate, rehab and repair the Crossroads shelter. Bob Toney expresses his pride in the Sandusky community for affecting real change in the lives of fellow citizens.

Sonya Thompkins, Director of Veterans Services, explains what moral injury is, how it is affecting the soldiers who are returning from overseas, and what we are doing to help them.

Read how Board Member, Robert Toney, learned Crossroads homeless shelter isn’t about handouts, this is a real program with real solutions to help people rebuild the foundations of their lives.