by Claire Hannapel | Jul 10, 2020 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Portland
Each summer — as the program year winds down — we invite Fellows to reflect on their experience and write a testimonial to share with Friends. Lydia Mansfield, a young adult Fellow who served in Portland during the 2019-2020 program year, shares about her search to...
by Claire Hannapel | Jul 9, 2020 | Campaign, National, News/Update
Over the last four years, in order to bolster QVS’s foundation and keep our financials aligned with our program’s growth, we embarked on an ambitious campaign to raise over $2.2M. Your investment in this campaign helped to expand our outreach and...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 30, 2020 | Event, National, News/Update, Racial Justice/White Privilege, Video
This summer, QVS staff and representatives will be present at virtual Yearly Meeting Annual Sessions across the country! Are you interested in getting to know our staff team better? Are you interested in learning about how Fellows are navigating intentional community...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 25, 2020 | Campaign, National, News/Update, Quaker Service Testimonies
QVS is launching the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Endowment for Quaker Service thanks to the generous seed funding from the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Fund. The Pickett Fund dissolved in 2018 and discerned it would redistribute their remaining endowment funds to other...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 18, 2020 | Campaign, National, News/Update, Video
QVS staff and board recently led a Supporters’ Briefing, which offered Friends an inside look into QVS’s recent programmatic and financial shifts due to COVID-19. The event included special updates from an incredibly successful fundraising campaign,...
