For more than 40 years, VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) has been in the forefront of helping communities across America to help themselves fight poverty. Our members devote a year of their lives to challenge poverty’s root causes. They do this by mobilizing community volunteers and local resources, and by increasing the capacity of people to rely on themselves. VISTA members help to address societal problems that may be contributing to the poverty. These images only begin illustrate the commitment that VISTA has made to this country over the past 40 years.