Talk:Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps

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The Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps is definitely not the first minority-run volunteer ambulance corps. It is quite possible there were others, but Hatzolah was founded in Williamsburg in the 1960s by the Jews to serve the Jewish communities of Williamsburg. Even before 1988, additional Hatzolah corps in Flatbush and Boro Park and outside of Brooklyn had been started by Jewish communities. The Bed-Sty Volunteer Ambulance Corps therefore is definitely not the first minority ambulance corps. Unclemoishy770 02:30, 27 May 2007 (UTC)Zach Sandman

This is to advise we never claimed to be the first minority run ambulance corp, The Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps was giving the distinction of being the world's first minority-run ambulance corps by former President George Bush. We also do not claim to be Jewish, although we have Jews, Gentiles Christians,Catholics, Muslims and all religious demoniations in our ambulance corp. We are inclusive, not exclusive , we donot limit our membership to one group of individuals. So while you are offended by our distinction given to us by the highest auth at the time, we will also open our doors to you. If not find another cause to be outraged about because Bed Sty is too busy saving lives than to dabber in discussion about the distinction the world has bestowed amongst us.

James Rocky Robinson CEO/Founder/President of the Worlds Multicultural Volunteer Ambulance Corps

PS: Our VP is a Jewish woman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.127.128.108 (talk) 13:36, 16 April 2011 (UTC)

According to an article I read, there was a now-defunct volunteer ambulance service that pre-dated this one. It was run by the Plenty Organization and served the South Bronx.

http://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/29/nyregion/ambulance-volunteers-too-much-of-a-success.html?pagewanted=all

That being said, Ambulance services should never be about ethnicity. An organization should service anyone within a designated service area. And it is not about who was first but who still exists now. The Bed Stuy Vollies are still operational in an era where many NYC Vollies have shut down. We exist in a climate where there is little if any support from any level government agency. We exist because the communities we serve want us to.

A NYC Volly Ambulance Service exists for the patient, not for the orgnaization itself. I can not imagine anyone in need of emergency medical care concerning him or herself with how long the responding agency has existed.

The Bedford-Stuyvesant Volunteer Ambulance Corps is an outstanding service with very talented people. I believe they and all the NYC Vollies that still exist will continue to thrive and serve as models for other groups so that every neighborhood in the city one day will rely on itself for EMS coverage.

Community before government.

BRAVO Volunteer Ambulance Service #10074 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.84.58.8 (talk) 01:41, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

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