By: Erica Stewart, Recruiter When running from city to city and university to university, sometimes I don’t take enough time to appreciate what I am thankful for. It’s important to balance all the activity with some time of gratitude and reflection. My experience traveling around the country has helped me make the following list of […]

By Kate Flannery, CVN Communications Department San Diego, Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Los Angeles, Haiti, Peru—the conglomeration of places former Augustinian Volunteer Jeanette Gonzalez has visited and served within since her undergrad days at Loyola Marymount University. Gonzalez has done a lot in a short time. Four immersion trips in four years to post-civil war […]

By Caitlin Baummer, CVN AmeriCorps Program Assistant   It’s that time of year again! All around the country, new CVN AmeriCorps Members are joining with their communities, Program Directors and Site Supervisors to learn the in’s and out’s of National Service and kick off their AmeriCorps year. Here’s what we found out about a few of our […]

By: Catherine Scallen, CVN Recruitment Associate     I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect when I had my first phone interview with Jon and Pete at Good Shepherd Volunteers (GSV), but I obviously wasn’t expecting to chat for over two hours. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have had that venti coffee and that huge bottle of […]

By: Kate Flannery, CVN Communications Intern I stepped off the metro surprised at how quickly it was all happening. Only two stops away? I had only been on the screeching metal contraption for less than ten minutes. It happened again on the walk over. Only two blocks away? But there it stood, the single “skyscraper” […]