Volunteers

Scope and Contents Staff correspondence and reports from staff in Uruguay and additional documents concerning YWCA activities in Uruguay. The YWCA of the U.S.A. supports the YWCA of Uruguay with financial grants, sending secretaries to serve as leaders, trainers and advisors by inviting secretaries from Uruguay to visit the United States. Staff reports describe the YWCA activities in Uruguay, assess current and future needs, make recommendations and request further resources and staff. The YWCA of Uruguay...

Scope and Contents The Volunteer Workers' Bureau of the YWCA of the U.S.A. is responsible for planning and administering national training courses for volunteer leadership to train volunteers in the common skills and knowledge needed by all volunteer leaders. Meetings include the planning and administration functions as well as discussion of training methods, the bureau's relationship to other departments and the functions of the bureau. Also included is a lecture given by Dr. George E. Vincent concerning...

Scope and Contents Minutes and reports of the Social Morality Committee and Volunteer Workers' Bureau of the War Work Council of the National Board of the YWCA of the U.S.A. The Social Morality Committee coordinates lectures, training and educational materials teaching the benefits of health as the basis for socially and personally responsible living. Such program include sex education to girls and women, particularly women exposed to military camps. The Social Morality Committee begins as the Social Morality...

Scope and Contents Documents concerning the work of the United Service Organizations (USO) during World War II including the YWCA of the U.S.A.'s USO program. The USO and student Christian associations provide services on college campuses to assist those affected by the war. Services include recreation, leadership training, summer work projects and volunteer opportunities. Documents include a detailed history and report of student services of the USO division of the National Board of the YWCA, assessment of...