More than thirty years ago two pioneers in Boston's addiction treatment network, Ted Cantone and John de Miranda, had a vision to open arecovery program foralcoholic men. They believed that this program had to be special and unique; it needed to be for those individuals who had no where else to turn and no other support to rely on. In the 1970's, these individuals included Vietnam Veterams, homeless alcoholics, those who were gay, and people who were mentally ill.

In 1975 Victory House, the agency's first program opened in the South End of Boston. From thatpoint,Victory Programs began a steady assent in saving lives and rebuilding communities one year at a time, one day at a time and one individual at a time.

Today, Victory Programs has opened the doors to sixteen unique and essential treatment facilities that anually serves more than 2,000 individuals and families. This is an achievement that could only have been accomplished by the dedication and commitment from our Board of Directors, staff, volunteers, alumni and client communities.

Victory Programs has survived and thrived because as our client base changed we responded. We never lost sight of our original mission - that allpeople deserve an opportunity for recovery and treatment. Today, we treat homeless women, men and their children, people with HIV/AIDS, people with severe head injuries,people with hepatitis C, those in the criminal justice system and people who are mentally ill.

Victory Programs is grateful to all of you who have been an essential part of makingour Agency a living history, and for all of you who remind us each day that together our potential is unlimited.