Florette Pomeroy was a social welfare worker and community service leader who was heavily involved in United Nations relief efforts following World War II. Pomeroy grew up in Seattle, Washington and studied law in Loyola University, although her civic work kept her traveling throughout her life. During the Depression era, she served as the Los Angeles County director of the State Relief Organization, and following the war, she worked with the United Nations’ International Refugee Organization to support Jewish refugees, repatriate lost children, and act as a consultant for the Red Cross. In her later life, she began dedicating much of her efforts towards improving alcoholism treatment programs in the Bay Area, eventually serving as Executive Director of the National Council on Alcoholism. In this interview, Pomeroy discusses the Depression and war years, the unification of nonprofit organizations in the 1950s, and her extensive community service with the United Bay Area Crusade and other groups. This interview is part of a group of interviews documenting volunteer leaders.