by Claire Hannapel | Jun 14, 2019 | Alumni, Financials, National, News
Thanks to a generous donor family, through July 31, 2020, all gifts from or in honor of individual QVS alumni will be matched up to $20,000. We’re excited that both contributions from Alumni themselves and gifts made in their honor will be matched in full. This...
by Liz Nicholson | May 1, 2019 | Alumni, News
This past April at their spring meeting, the QVS Board discerned that we would take a Sabbath Year from our Alumni Fellowship program. This decision was made out of an effort to be dutiful to our program’s original intent and ministry and responsive to Fellows...
by Liz Nicholson | Mar 14, 2019 | Alumni, News, QVS Boston
A year and a half ago when I started Quaker Voluntary Service and my position at Massachusetts Climate Action Network, I had no idea what a Municipal Light Plant was. Now they have become my “life’s work” or at least make up the majority of my very short career. This...
by Claire Hannapel | Feb 22, 2019 | Alumni, Event, Financials, National, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
Two weeks ago, around 40 QVS Alumni gathered from around the country for an Alumni Reunion & 10 Year Celebration. This event was a first of its kind and an experiment in gathering together. QVS staff had long hoped to offer a retreat like this, convening together...
by Liz Nicholson | Sep 13, 2018 | Alumni, National, News
Written by Andrew Huff, QVS Boston Alumni Friends Journal September, 2018 I work in an emergency shelter for chronically homeless men in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Upon admission to the shelter, each guest receives one 23-gallon bin to store all of his belongings....
