SunDANCE Cares will highlight the work of Volunteers of America throughout the month of February. Volunteers of America is an organization that has helped those in need for over a century. Ballington and Maud Booth founded the organization in 1896 with the mission “Go wherever we are needed, and do whatever comes to hand.” Volunteers of America has fulfilled this mission in countless ways. It established the nation’s first system of halfway houses for released prisoners, helped millions of Americans survive the Great Depression, developed affordable housing, and much more. Volunteers of America continues to help more than 2 million people each year.

SunDANCE Office Supply will donate 1% of all orders placed on February 29, 2016 to Volunteers of America of Oklahoma. Volunteers of America Oklahoma reaches out to over 2,000 Oklahomans every month by providing affordable senior housing, residential support for individuals with intellectual disabilities and assisting individuals at the risk of homelessness. Volunteers of America helps not only with housing, but also with transportation, food, life skills, health care, employment, legal services, clothing assistance, and more.

The organization helps those with intellectual disabilities by providing community living, supported in-home living, vocational training,

Volunteers of America also has special services for veterans. These services include job training, employer referrals, VA benefit assistance, legal services, substance abuse treatment, housing assistance, and more.

To donate to Volunteers of America now, or to learn how to get involved, please go to http://www.voaok.org/ and click “Donate.”