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The 25th Jubilee of the Association of Volunteer Bureaus: Excerpt from Proceedings, 1976

The 25th Jubilee of the Association of Volunteer Bureaus: Excerpt from Proceedings, 1976

The Association of Volunteer Bureaus (AVB) celebrated its 25th anniversary in Kansas City, MO., in 1976, coinciding with the American Bicentennial.  A gala celebration on the theme, “Volunteers:  Our Finest Natural Resource,” brought together the leaders of what are now called “volunteer centers” across the United States. In this Voices from the Past, we excerpt from the Proceedings book that AVB published, and see what has changed or stayed the same from 1951 to 1976.

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