By: Mark Mann, Summit Institute Program Director   The Summit Institute partners with Texas Woman’s University to place students as CVN AmeriCorps members serving through adapted physical education initiatives. One such initiative is Project INVEST (Injured Veterans Entering Sports Training). Project INVEST was founded in 2012 as a response to the growing needs of veterans […]

By: Julie McCracken, CVN AmeriCorps Alum through Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry Julie McCracken joined CVN AmeriCorps trough BonSecours Volunteer Ministry in September of 2012.  Julie was assigned a brand new position on Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital.  Her service was intended to help more of the hospital’s recently discharged patients become connected to a primary care […]

CVN recruiter Gordon Wong went south earlier this month and still didn’t escape the cold! By Gordon Wong Recruitment update: If you have been paying any attention to the weather you know that the cold has pretty much left no region of the United States untouched. It was quite the week for the Southeast region […]

One of our recruiters reflected on his trip to New York City. By Mike Garcia   CVN Recruiter Mike here giving you a warm hello from the Big Apple. I am here in New York City taking in the lights, the life the everyday graces I have experienced recruiting on the road. First of all […]

By Michael Capuran, Program Director at Dominican Volunteers USA   Casa Juan Diego is a service site providing after-school activities in the Pilsen neighborhood of Chicago to keep youth off the street and out of gangs. Unlike many after school programs that have tremendous teachers but little parental involvement, Casa Juan Diego is different. The […]