Hello, Out of curiousity, I went to the search-engine www.dogpile.com and searched for V.O.N. and immediately found this web site: http://www.von.ca/english/aboutframe.htm In case this URL doesn't bring you to the "history" page, just click on "history" on the left. The organization seems to have been founded in Canada when ..one woman.. found a need for "visiting nurses." It mentions a meeting she had with Harvard University and discussions with a hospital in Waltham. Betty (near Lowell, MA) "There are two lasting bequests we can give our children; one is roots, the other is wings." Hodding Carter, Jr.