by QVS | Jul 1, 2024 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
Photo: The QVS East Coast Fellows 2023-2024 Shay, Karla, Emma, Kat Naren at a retreat on Cape Cod. I first heard of Quaker Voluntary Service when I was a Senior in college. I was a part of the Quaker Leadership Scholarship Program at Guilford College in North...
by QVS | Jun 29, 2024 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
Photo caption: Naren with Young Adult Friends from Friends Meeting at Cambridge Boston Fellow Naren Roy shares with us about his experience with Quakerism and Service this past year. Like many young adults of faith, college was a transformative time in several aspects...
by QVS | Jun 28, 2024 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Portland
Portland Fellow Imani Patterson shares with us about their experience over the past year. This year of service with QVS has been a journey, from QVS days to house meetings to learning about spirituality. The biggest part of my QVS year, though, has been understanding...
by QVS | Jun 24, 2024 | National, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston, QVS Portland
Photo: The QVS Portland house 2023-2024 Tas, Samantha, Salem and Imani being silly at national orientation last fall. Samantha Paladini, in her second year as a QVS Fellow, reflects on her experience. Life as a Quaker Voluntary Service fellow created the...
by QVS | Jun 24, 2024 | National, News, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Philadelphia, Uncategorized
Photo: The QVS Philadelphia house 2023-2024 Emma, Shay, Racheal (coordinator) and Kat at national orientation at Pendle Hill. 2023-2024 QVS Fellow Emma Fee shares a testimonial about her experience. With two months of my QVS year to go, I hesitate to name one...
by Claire Hannapel | Jul 18, 2022 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
Each summer — as the program year winds down — we invite Fellows to reflect on their experience and write a testimonial to share with Friends. Sabine Peterka, a young adult Fellow who served in Boston during the 2021-2022 year, shared snippets from her year. Maybe a...
