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  • Benevolent Societies

    Transcribed from Goss's 1906 History of Grand Rapids, Page 1259, Chapter XLI, Benevolent Societies. Kent County, Michigan.

  • Female Hebrew Benevolent Society

    The preamble to the Constitution of the Female Hebrew Benevolent Society: "In all communities the means of alleviating the sufferings of the poor are considered of high importance by the benevolent and the humane. The original subscribers, members of the Hebrew Congregation of Philadelphia, and citizens of the United States and of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, sensible to the calls of their small society, and desirous of rendering themselves useful to their indigent Sisters of the House of Israel, associated themselves together for the purposes of charity; and in order to make the benefit permanent, adopted this Constitution."

  • Howard Benevolent Society

    Inspired by the humanitarian work of John Howard in England, the Howard Benevolet Society was created in 1812 to provide direct services to respond to basic needs such as food, heat and housing.

  • Italian Benevolent Society est.1881

    The Italian Benevolent Society is the oldest independent Italian Society in the United States. Established in 1881 as a charitable institution for the aid of families of Italian Miners. These miners worked the Gold Mines of Amador County. The Society provided death benefits to those killed in the mines. As time went on it became a social and comunity based organization.

  • Melbourne Ladies' Benevolent Society, Seventh Annual Report, 1852

    A list of committee members, subscribers and welfare cases of the Melbourne Ladies Benevolent Society in 1852.

  • St Andrew

    For over 250 years the St Andrew

  • St David's Society of the State of New York

    The St. David's Society of The State of New York was founded in 1801 and we currently have 311 members, our aim to develop and support the Welsh culture, Welsh people, their descendants, and the families and communities in the US that are connected with Wales.

  • St. George Society of Philadelphia

    Despite the American Revolution and the War of 1812, the Society quietly carried out its charitable mission, ranging from the protection of poor English immigrants in the 1830s, 40s and 50s to aiding British war brides in the two World Wars.

  • St. George's Society of New York

    The St. George's Society of New York is a charitable organization as well as a fellowship society. Founded in 1770 by English settlers for the purpose of offering

  • Swiss Benevolent Society

    The Swiss Benevolent Society of New York is the oldest charitable Swiss organization in the United States. Founded in 1832 and formally organized in 1846, it has continued to function without interruption to the present day, always responding to the socioeconomic changes of the times.

  • Swiss Benevolent Society of San Francisco

    Members of the Swiss Community in San Francisco founded the Swiss Relief Society in 1886 in order to assist immigrants from Switzerland who had fallen on hard times.

  • The Benevolent Society - About

    The Benevolent Society is Australia's first charity.

  • The Society of The Friendly Sons of St. Patrick

    Throughout the first century of its existence, the Society inspired its members to aid the victims of starvation, eviction and exile from Ireland.

  • The St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia

    Founded in 1747, according to the Society's Charter, the sole purpose of the organization has been the relief of distressed Scottish immigrants.

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