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 | 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 | Aug 6, 2021 | Alumni, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Philadelphia
Abby Brown served at Germantown Friends School (GFS) for her 2014-2015 QVS year in Philadelphia, and has continued working in education ever since. “QVS was asking us every week to be incredibly self-reflective, and in tune with our work and ourselves… [Topics]...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 25, 2021 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Philadelphia
Each summer — as the program year winds down — we invite Fellows to reflect on their experience and write a testimonial to share with Friends. Sam Downs, a young adult Fellow who served in Philadelphia during the 2020-2021 program year, shares about God, spiritual...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 23, 2021 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Philadelphia, Video
This quote comes from Katie Hulihan, a QVS Fellow serving in Philadelphia at Fleisher Art Memorial. On June 17, 2021, Katie joined supporters and Friends for QVS’ 2nd Annual Supporters’ Briefing and shared about her experience in QVS. She reflected on the...
by Claire Hannapel | Jun 22, 2021 | Event, Financials, National, Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland, Video
On June 17, 2021, QVS hosted our 2nd Annual Supporters’ Briefing. We held our first ever Supporters’ Briefing in summer 2020 to offer Friends an inside look into programmatic and financial shifts due to COVID-19. This year, in addition to a report and...
