by Caitlin Churchill | May 26, 2023 | National, News, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland, Uncategorized
Read below for an Epistle from Board Clerk Damon Motz-Storey on the QVS strategic plan. Dear Friend, My lilacs out back bloomed fragrant and beautiful purple this year, overlooking a garden and sitting spot that I’ve been cultivating in the sunny southern half of my...
by Claire Hannapel | Jul 26, 2022 | National, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
We’re so excited to introduce you to the 2022-2023 QVS Fellows! This year’s Fellows are an outstanding group of ambitious and creative young adults. They are self-identified caretakers, students, bakers, musicians, strategists, painters, conversationists,...
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...
by Claire Hannapel | Dec 14, 2021 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Boston
MaryGrace Menner served at Metrowest Worker Center – Casa del Trabajador during the 2017-2018 QVS year. During MaryGrace’s year in QVS, she discerned whether to go to law school, and which law school to attend. Her housemates supported her discernment...
by Claire Hannapel | Aug 6, 2021 | National, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
We’re so excited to introduce you to the 2021-2022 QVS Fellows! We have over 30 young adults eager to begin their year with QVS. Here are just a few highlights from our incoming Fellow cohort! Colin Battis was involved with his Unitarian Universalist...
by Claire Hannapel | Jul 1, 2021 | 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. Margaret Thurston, a young adult Fellow who served in Boston during the 2020-2021 program year, shares about the ways QVS...
