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Website. www.peointernational.org. The P.E.O. Sisterhood (Philanthropic Educational Organization) is a U.S.-based international women's organization of about 197,000 members, with a primary focus on providing educational opportunities for female students worldwide. The Sisterhood is headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, with chapters throughout ...
The organization was founded by college-educated women dedicated to public service with an emphasis on programs that assist the African American community. Delta Sigma Theta was founded on January 13, 1913 by twenty-two women at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Membership is open to any woman, regardless of religion, race, or nationality ...
American Women's Voluntary Services (AWVS) was the largest American women's service organization in the United States during World War II. [1] AWVS volunteers provided support services to help the nation during the war, assisting with message delivery, ambulance driving, selling war bonds, emergency kitchens, cycle corps drivers, dog-sled teamsters, aircraft spotters, navigation, aerial ...
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is an amateur sports organization based in the United States. [ 1 ] A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs. [ 2 ] It has more than 900,000 members nationwide, including more than 100,000 volunteers. [ 3 ]
The Edhi Foundation provides a number of services, emergency and non-emergency, to the general public. In addition to emergency medical services and private ambulance services, the organization also renders aid to women and children in need, assists with missing persons cases, and helps in covering burial and graveyard costs of unclaimed and unidentified bodies during times of disaster and ...
Alliance of Pan American Round Tables – founded 1916 to foster women's relationships throughout the Americas. Arab Feminist Union – founded 1945. Associated Country Women of the World – international organization formed in 1933. The Association of Junior League International – Women's development organization founded in 1901.
Kiwanis clubs raise over $100 million each year and report over 18.5 million volunteer hours to strengthen communities and serve children. [ 4 ] Kiwanis International is a volunteer-led organization led by a Board of Trustees with 19 members, including 15 trustees, four elected officers, and an executive director.
There are over 46,000 [3] member clubs worldwide, with a membership of 1.4 million individuals, known as Rotary members. [ 4 ] Rotary International is the organization of service clubs with the largest membership in the world, with 1.9 million volunteers, including all the members of clubs that make up the Rotary family, namely Rotary, Interact ...