Informative Speech about the USO

The United Services Organization

The United Services Organization has shifted and evolved throughout its inception on February 4th , 1941 in New York City . The USO , as it came to be known , was made up of six different civilian service organizations following the recommendation of President Franklin D . Roosevelt : the Salvation Army , the National Travelers Aid Association , the National Catholic Community Service , the National Jewish Welfare Board , and both the YMCA and YWCA (History , 1

According to their website , HYPERLINK "http /www .uso .org www .uso .org , the USO functions as a

nonprofit , congressionally chartered , private organization . It depends upon the contributions of individuals , organizations and corporations in to carry out their wide-ranging services . Beginning with President Roosevelt , the President of the United States has acted as the honorary president of the organization however they also have an official CEO to run the day-to-day operations out of their world headquarters in Washington D .C Today the President and CEO of the USO is Mr . Sloan Gibson , a graduate from the United States Naval Academy at West Point . In addition , Mr Sloan is also the Chief Financial Officer for AmSouth Bancorporation , a fifty-four billion dollar banking company (Gibson , 1

As I mentioned earlier , the USO is a non-profit organization which means that it relies on financial contributions from the public to carry out it 's wide-ranging services . Individuals support the USO , but the biggest donations come from what the USO calls their `Strategic Partners , companies such as ClearChannel , Blackwater , Lockheed Martin...