by Claire Hannapel | Apr 30, 2018 | Event, National, News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
For QVS to be successful, we need the support of local Friends. In April 2018, we gathered some of our most dedicated local supporters at Pendle Hill, the historic Quaker retreat center just outside Philadelphia. It was the first gathering of its kind; a chance for...
by Liz Nicholson | Feb 8, 2018 | QVS Boston
a living document Maya Gillett, 2017-18 Boston Fellow, serving at Community Action Agency of Somerville Way back in September, during the national orientation session for all thirty of this year’s QVS fellows, QVS staff began mentioning the “covenant.” As in: “When...
by Liz Nicholson | Jan 31, 2018 | QVS Boston
A NOTE ON SIMPLE LIVING Kateri Boucher, 2017-18 Boston Fellow, working with Neighbor to Neighbor “The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.” – Hans Hoffman Recently a few housemates and I decided to...
by Liz Nicholson | Mar 1, 2017 | News, QVS Atlanta, QVS Boston, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland, Recruitment
Who are we partnering with this year? From sites we’ve worked with for years like the Nationalities Service Center–working on immigrant and refugee rights issues, to brand new sites like Urban Gleaners– which addresses hunger by redistributing...