by Christina Repoley | Jan 25, 2013 | News
Check out this blog by AFSC Quaker Relations Fellow Madeline Schaefer, connecting the legacy of Quaker workcamps to what we are doing here at...
by Christina Repoley | Jan 17, 2013 | News, QVS Portland
We are excited to share the news that the Portland QVS work is well underway and we are moving quickly towards opening our house there in August. QVS Executive Director Christina Repoley just spent 10 days there meeting and organizing and feels very confident in our...
by Christina Repoley | Dec 6, 2012 | News
“Every day as a QVS volunteer I am challenged and inspired by the experiences and struggles of the people I meet at my work placement. In struggling with stories of survival and the overcoming of obstacles many have experienced, this work has released in me an...
by Christina Repoley | Oct 18, 2012 | News
An Adventure I can’t believe it’s been six weeks since we all moved to Atlanta to start QVS. In some ways, it feels like we’ve been here forever–we have routines in place for cooking and cleaning, we’ve figured out how to get to work on time, we know which days to...
by Christina Repoley | Oct 18, 2012 | News
Why I Keep Talking About Food “Take it to the wall” is a phrase from the theater community I worked with last summer. What we meant was that when a youngster was being obnoxious, disrupting the flow of camp, or really challenging us staffers in whatever way (and oh...
