by QVS | Jul 31, 2024 | National, QVS Portland
This is an Epistle from the Portland 2023-2024 House to the incoming Portland Fellows, written during their final retreat: To the 2024-2025 Portland QVS Fellows: We are Imani, Salem, Samantha, and Tas. Our end of year retreat hasn’t quite gone according to plan, as...
by QVS | Jul 1, 2024 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
Photo: The QVS East Coast Fellows 2023-2024 Shay, Karla, Emma, Kat Naren at a retreat on Cape Cod. I first heard of Quaker Voluntary Service when I was a Senior in college. I was a part of the Quaker Leadership Scholarship Program at Guilford College in North...
by QVS | Jun 29, 2024 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
Photo caption: Naren with Young Adult Friends from Friends Meeting at Cambridge Boston Fellow Naren Roy shares with us about his experience with Quakerism and Service this past year. Like many young adults of faith, college was a transformative time in several aspects...
by QVS | Jun 28, 2024 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Portland
Portland Fellow Imani Patterson shares with us about their experience over the past year. This year of service with QVS has been a journey, from QVS days to house meetings to learning about spirituality. The biggest part of my QVS year, though, has been understanding...
by QVS | Jun 24, 2024 | National, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston, QVS Portland
Photo: The QVS Portland house 2023-2024 Tas, Samantha, Salem and Imani being silly at national orientation last fall. Samantha Paladini, in her second year as a QVS Fellow, reflects on her experience. Life as a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow created the...
