Australia’s Volunteer Graduate Scheme, Britain’s VSO and the United States Peace Corps were expansionist enterprises. Even when they were not sure of their own objectives, let alone effectiveness, each program was determined to expand across the globe. They sought to expand in two ways: by placing volunteers in more developing nations and by influencing other developed nations to establish programs in their image. It is surprising just how quickly the Volunteer Graduate Scheme, VSO and the Peace Corps began to explore, and then pursue, the goal of extending their spread and influence; indeed, each of these programs set down this path before they had a single volunteer on the ground. Initially, it took a good deal of effort to convince people of volunteers’ value. Even the Peace Corps did not have an easy time of it: entire wings of the agency were tasked with persuading developing nations to accept American volunteers and convincing other developed nations (and the United Nations) to start their own development volunteering programs.