by QVS | Feb 27, 2024 | Alumni, National, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
Photo from left to right starting with the back row: Jackie Lamars, Woody (Rachel Logan-Wood), Miche McCall, MaryGrace Menner Front row: Jillian Eller, Madison Rose, KellyAnn Cameron, Krista Snyder The Alumni Council is a group of QVS alumni who meet with the...
by QVS | Feb 15, 2024 | National, News
On January 24, 2024 Quaker Voluntary Service held a special Supporters’ Briefing. While we usually hold this event annually in June, we felt it was important to hold an event sooner to share with supporters the program shifts recently approved by the Board of...
by QVS | Jan 18, 2024 | National, News, QVS Minneapolis
Photo: A potluck hosted by the Local Support Committee in the Twin Cities last year. Local enthusiasm for QVS kept the door open for a possible return to the Twin Cities Last Spring, the QVS Board of Directors made the difficult decision to pause the program in...
by QVS | Jan 18, 2024 | National, News
Photo: The QVS Boston house on retreat in Sandwich, NH in the summer of 2023. If you read our blog about a shortened program year, you might be wondering, what will QVS do with the extended summer break? We are piloting a summer program! There are endless...
by QVS | Dec 21, 2023 | Equity, Financials, National, News
Photo: The QVS Fellows and Staff at National Orientation in August 2023. Young adults are feeling enormous financial pressure. This is one of the greatest obstacles to participation in QVS. We’ve received this feedback over and over, from the survey we...
by QVS | Dec 21, 2023 | National, News, Recruitment
Photo: The QVS Philadelphia house at National Orientation in August 2023. The survey that we conducted in October revealed that many young adults view an 11-month program to be too long and require too much of a commitment. This is also something that we have...