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Keepin’ It Real With 3 Recruitment Fair Best Practices

  Recruiting for your program at volunteer or career fairs is an amazing way to connect with students looking for post-graduate opportunities. Here are some tips for making the most of these fairs! Many of these tips came from observation, experience and conversations with veteran recruiters. It’s easy to feel like you could have said […]

Living Simply So Others Can Simply Live

By Olivia Elswick Salesian Lay Missioner CVN 2014 story contest winner This is the story of one girl living with 25 little men. No, it isn’t an account of Snow White and her dwarf friends; rather, it’s the tale of the time I spent in rural Davangere, India, working as a caregiver, English teacher and […]

Living retirement in meaningful ways

  By Kay Scott Humility of Mary Volunteer Program CVN AmeriCorps member, Kay Scott is 68 years old and serving with the Humility of Mary Volunteer Program in Cleveland, OH. In her role as AmeriCorps Literacy and Outreach Assistant at St. Colman Outreach, Kay provides emergency assistance to families in need, as well as adult […]

I gained a family through community living

By Ashley Cole Siferd Former Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos volunteer A day in the life   One of the first things I tell people about Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos (NPH) is that it is not just an organization that cares for orphaned, abandoned and at-risk children. It is a family. For me, this unique quality makes the […]

Living Simply So Others Can Simply Live

By: Olivia Elswick Salesian Lay Missioners, Volunteer Davangere, India   This is the story of 1 girl living with 25 little men. No, it isn’t an account of Snow White and her dwarf friends; rather, it’s the tale of the time I spent in rural Davangere, India working as a caregiver, English teacher, and tutor, […]