Eight years after, 1926

Description:	Typed on back of photo: This poster, used in 1926, emphasized Red Cross Services to Veterans. During World War I, the Red Cross staffed and directed programs at the Institute for Crippled and Disabled Men in New York and the Institute for the Blind in Baltimore to supplement government efforts to re-educate and rehabilitate disabled veterans. Experience gained in these experiments influenced Congress in establishing a rehabilitation program for veterans, and after the Veterans Administration was set up, Red Cross paid social and recreational workers gradually withdrew from the program. During the closing months of World War II the value of volunteer service to patients was recognized, with the result that renewed emphasis was placed upon this type of service. Since that time, Red Cross volunteers have assumed increasing responsibility in serving patients in VA hospitals. Between 1951 and 1955 approximately 25,000 volunteers serving each month have given more than 11 million volunteer hours in behalf of more than 115,000 veterans hospitalized on the average each month in VA hospitals and domiciliary centers. In addition to serving hospitalized veterans, the Red Cross aids veterans and their dependents or survivors in establishing rights to pensions or other government benefits, helps families adjust to the illness or loss of income of disabled veterans, and assigns trained Red Cross workers to VA offices throughout the country to assist chapters with difficult or delayed claims. (American Red Cross Photo) RC 16947RC
Origin:	1926
Contributor(s):	Funding provided by an Institute of Museum and Library Services grant, administered by the Indiana State Library
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/IRC/id/45
Collection:	Indiana Red Cross
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-NC/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright Indiana Red Cross. Copyright permissions granted for non-commercial use by Indiana Red Cross.
Subjects:	World War, 1914-1918

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