Volunteers of America Chesapeake and Carolinas, founded in 1896 in Baltimore, is the locally chartered affiliate of Volunteers of America, one of the nation's largest and most comprehensive human services organizations. The organization accomplishes its spiritually based mission by serving over 10,000 people annually through our programs that spread geographically from Baltimore, Maryland to South Carolina. Governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, VOACC operates 48 programs that are locally created, managed and delivered to address our community's most pressing social needs. Our professional staff of more than 900 employees partners with hundreds of volunteers, local governments, business and civic organizations, and the faith community, to affect positive changes in people's lives.