Human Service Alliance (HSA) is an all-volunteer, not-for-profit, educational and service organization located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The purpose of HSA is to foster the idea that human goodness is an innate quality in every person; that voluntary service, carried out by individuals and groups, is a proven method for stimulating and expressing this innate quality; and that volunteers can provide services that are better than money can buy.
In 1986, a small group of service-minded individuals began caring for terminally ill people, providing residential service around the clock and one person at a time, in the home of one of the volunteers. Over time, the group evolved into the Human Service Alliance (HSA), an all-volunteer organization based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, which provided, at no cost, care for the terminally ill, respite care for children with disabilities, mediation services, and health and wellness programs for hundreds of individuals, as well as training and inspiration for dozens of like-minded service organizations through the US.
Throughout the years HSA has been funded by contributions from board members, individuals in the community, churches, businesses, and grants from various charitable organizations. Now, the capacity of HSA has grown to the extent that it is able to support other similar endeavors.
The organization celebrated its twentieth year of service in 2006 by establishing the Foundation for Purposeful Living with an initial endowment of $1 million. The Foundation for Purposeful Living has been established to encourage and promote projects oriented primarily towards volunteer service and group work.
The Foundation was established with funds contributed by HSA’s board of directors and invested over a period of 16 years. The board views the Foundation as another example of the magic that can happen when a group of people commit to providing services with no paid staff. The million dollars has grown from the generous financial gifts of the board over a period of years, but more importantly, it is the result of a generous gift of over a million hours of service given over the past 20 years by the board and many others who are inspired by the idea of making voluntary service something better than money can buy.The Foundation for Purposeful Living will offer aid to creative and bold acts of goodwill and group-based service endeavors that energize personal and planetary transformation. Its mission is to stimulate and encourage endeavors that contribute to the expansion of human consciousness; the proactive, creative and practical expression of goodwill among all peoples; and the manifestation of human goodness.
Human Service Alliance also regards the Foundation as a gentle but clear invitation to other donors to help support the Foundation and its mission by building on this gift and growing the Foundation’s endowment through personal contributions. The organization continues to grow.