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THROUGH
Obcestvo Russkich Bratstv Vo
Sojedinennych Statach Ameriki
RUSSIAN BROTHERHOOD ORGANIZATION OF THE USA
A FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETY
1733 Spring Garden St.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130
Telephone: (800) RBO-USA1
(800) 726-8721
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Russian
Brotherhood Organization of the USA
RBO offers Life Insurance, Annuities
& Fraternal Benefits, such as scholarships to its members… call today to
sign up or to set up a presentation in your area.
On July 1, 1900, at Mahanoy City,
PA, a group of miners and other workers organized a fraternal benefit society
named Obcestvo Russkich Bratstv Vo Sojedinennych Statach Ameriki (Russian
Brotherhood Organization of the United States of America).
According to the
records, the most active participants were John Z. Smith, John Smayda, Joseph
Svit, George Vretiak, Andrew Kopach, Andrew Kosar, Zinon Krajniak, Anthony
Onuschak and Paul Matyas. At the first convention held at Hazelton,
Pennsylvania on September 10, 1901, John Z. Smith was elected its first
president.
The convention was attended by 12 delegates. Thereafter on the 9th
day of September 1902 at Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, the convention was attended
by 28 delegates. Rev. Father Theofan Obushkevich was elected the spiritual
advisor, John Z. Smith was reelected president, George Vretiak was elected
treasurer, and D. Wandziliak was elected secretary.
At that time, the society
had 546 members. At this convention a Juvenile division of the R.B.O. was
established and the Saints Cyril and Methodius were designated as patron saints
of the society.
The R.B.O. was born of necessity.
In
the early 1880’s many of our forefathers and fathers migrated to this country
from Eastern Europe. They knew neither the language nor the customs of this
country, and many of them settled in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. If
a person were injured or killed in the mines, he or his family would receive no
compensation as compensation laws were not yet in existence at that time in the
coal industry.
That is why they organized lodges for the purpose of paying sick
or death benefits. The outgrowth of these lodges culminated in the
establishment of the R.B.O.
Springing from this small beginning,
the R.B.O. has grown into a large fraternal benefit society, a dynamic force
behind many projects instituted among Slav people.
During its 100 years of existence,
the R.B.O. has contributed to many worthwhile charity, patriotic and
educational causes. It has generously contributed to schools and other causes
in Galicia. It has supported churches here and abroad.
It has aided the former
FROC on national and district levels by placing advertisements in their
programs for various events, by printing songbooks gratis, and, for a prolonged
time, financing some of their publications.
The R.B.O. not only provides life
insurance to its members but also provides help with scholarships for its young
people. In other words, the basic precept of the R.B.O. is fraternalism, the
actual practice of the teachings of “Brotherhood of Man”. This is the principle
under which the R.B.O. has lived and will continue to live.
Email: info@rbo.orgOffice: 215-563-2537
Office 2: 1-800-RBO-USA1
Fax: 215-563-8106
1733 Spring Garden St.
Philadelphia, PA 19130 John Wanko, President
Alexander Krenitsky, 1st Vice President
Michael E. Snyder, Treasurer
Heather M. Bradley,
