QVS is launching the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Endowment for Quaker Service thanks to the generous seed funding from the Clarence and Lilly Pickett Fund. The Pickett Fund dissolved in 2018 and discerned it would redistribute their remaining endowment funds to other...
QVS has been dismayed over the last three weeks as we have watched the US government separate families seeking asylum at the US-Mexico border and detain children as young as newborns, charging them with illegal entry into the US. While we are happy to learn that the...
Quaker Voluntary Service is part of a long history of Quaker action and witness in the world. We want to honor that legacy and help our young adults see and frame where they fit into this story. In this second video of our Quaker Service Testimonies video series, Pat...
Gordon Foster was born in 1918, in Cincinnati, OH, and grew up on the family farm near Loveland, OH. His Quaker ancestors were involved in the anti-slavery movement and the farm was a stop on the Underground Railway. Throughout his life, Gordon was guided in his...
Quaker Voluntary Service is part of a long history of Quaker action and witness in the world. We want to honor that legacy and help our young adults see and frame where they fit into this story. In this first of our Quaker Service Testimonies video series, Brigitte...
