by Liz Nicholson | May 10, 2018 | Quaker Service Testimonies, QVS Atlanta
The Value of Loss Written by Emily Weyrauch, 2017-18 Atlanta Fellow serving with GA WAND Originally published by Friends Journal May 1, 2018 I sat in the center of the bustling student union of my alma mater with a table full of Quaker Voluntary Service materials and...
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 | 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 | Jan 18, 2018 | News, QVS Minneapolis
Do you have spare furniture, kitchen utensils, linens, bikes, beds, etc. that you are not using? Do your friends? We are seeking furniture and household items to be donated to the new QVS House in Minneapolis. We have an empty house to furnish in preparation for the...
by Liz Nicholson | Jun 19, 2017 | Alumni, News
We are excited to be sending several 2016-17 Fellows and staff to both FUM Stoking the Fire, July 9-12 in Witchita, KS, as well as FGC The Gathering, July 2-8 in Niagara Falls, NY this summer. Who to look out for: Atlanta Fellows Elise Riley, John Madden, and Claire...
