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 | Aug 26, 2023 | National, QVS Boston, QVS Minneapolis, QVS Philadelphia, QVS Portland
Photo: The QVS Fellows (from left to right top to bottom): Kateri, Aaditya, Atuhaire, Michael, Paloma, Palmo, Salem, Solange, Edward, Anna, Luai, Nora, Abbie, Gabriel, Gaven, Susan, and Lucas. We’re so excited to introduce you to the 2024-2025 QVS Fellows! ______ We...
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...