by QVS | May 13, 2024 | National, News
QVS Executive Director Hilary Burgin shares with us about taking a summer off after nine and half years of service. We have news: I’m taking a sabbatical this summer! I will be away from Quaker Voluntary Service work May 17 to August 19. I’m excited to know I’ll be...
by QVS | Apr 22, 2024 | National, News
QVS Executive Director Hilary Burgin shares with us about being invited to present Walton Lecture at South Eastern Yearly Meeting. A year ago, in the summer of 2023, Friends from Southeastern Yearly Meeting (SEYM, which includes Florida, coastal Georgia and South...
by QVS | Apr 22, 2024 | Equity, National, News
Photo caption: Boston Fellows, Naren and Karla, at a pro-Palestine march in February 2024. QVS Recruiting and Marketing Coordinator Director Ruth Cutcher shares with us about a workshop she hosted. I am a gardener because I love planting seeds. For many years, I had...
by QVS | Apr 12, 2024 | Equity, National, News, Resources
Photo: Lit tea candles on a Keffiyeh that creates a shrine. Quaker Voluntary Service (QVS) is founded upon the values of peace and community-building. We believe there is a Divine Light in every person. Because of our values and beliefs, it has been...
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...
