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Join Us For Our Annual Seattle Benefit—RSVP By May 12!
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This year we are offering two ways to celebrate our core values with us! For those who are able to make it to Seattle, we hope to see you in-person at Seattle University on May 21 at 4:30pm PT. For our friends far and wide, please join us for our virtual celebration on May 24 at 4:30pm PT / 7:30pm ET, with virtual FJV reunions for select cohorts to follow.
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JVC Northwest Receives Public Health AmeriCorps Grant |
We are excited to announce that JVC Northwest has received a Public Health AmeriCorps grant of $550,360 from AmeriCorps! Public Health AmeriCorps is a new partnership between AmeriCorps and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that is supported by a five-year, $400 million investment from the American Rescue Plan Act. Its purpose is to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders, including JVs serving in public health positions.
The Public Health AmeriCorps grant will help us support 20 JV AmeriCorps members serving in a variety of public health positions. These JVs will help improve access to medical care for individuals in need by:
- conducting outreach
- helping clients navigate service options
- and offering companionship in nonprofit and health care partner agencies.
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2022-23 Locale Announcement |
We wish to share that we do not have enough JV positions for next year to have a viable community in Omak, WA, and will be pausing our presence in Omak for the ‘22-23 service year. As we engage in ongoing discernment about how best to respond to community needs in the Pacific Northwest, we are committed to continuing conversations with community and tribal partners in Omak. |
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Build Relationships
Become a JV Mentor
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Want to connect with and show support to JVs in a meaningful way? We are looking for members of our community who would like to be a one-on-one mentor with a JV during the '22-23 service year.
Additionally, we are seeking a BIPOC-identifying member of our community to facilitate our Pre-Orientation BIPOC identity meet-up.
To learn more about these opportunities and to sign up, click here.
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Stories of Service - Bend, OR
By Patty Christopher (she/her)
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As the lead for the JV EnCorps community in Bend, OR, I have found a meaningful volunteer experience with the St. Vincent de Paul organization in our town. I Currently serve as Board President and regular volunteer. Besides helping those in need with food, utilities, prescription drugs and IDs, we are currently in the process of setting up ten housing units for those living on the margins.
In essence we are beginning a program that will help those who are interested in repairing their lives in ways that will bring them back into society. We will have a site manager and psychologist along with several volunteer life coaches who will work with each resident. Our goal is simply to help each person receive the help and support they need to move on to working and living as self-sufficient members of the Bend Community. We hope to open our program in the beginning of June, 2022.
Interested in joining a JV EnCorps community? Click here.
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8-Day Retreat with The Jesuit AntiRacism Sodality (JARS)
You are invited to an 8-day, Ignatian retreat to enter into prayer with and through Black Spirituality. "The God of Us All: Praying with Black Spirituality" will take place from August 3 through 13 in Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Cost to attend is $800. Space is limited to 15 registrants. Register here.
Today is #MMIWG2S Awareness Day
May 5 is National Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2-Spirit People Awareness Day. It is a day to honor and give a voice to Native women whose stories have not been heard, and raise awareness about widespread injustices affecting Indigenous communities—including those alongside whom many JVs serve. For a list of resources and nation-wide events about this topic, click here.
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Volunteer & Employment Opportunities
Holden Village retreat center
Chelan County, WA
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Volunteer Opportunity
Volunteer Teacher: Various K-12 Positions
Red Cloud Indian School
Pine Ridge, SD
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Job Opportunity
Mobile Pantry Coordinator
Tri-City Volunteers
Fremont, CA
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Job Opportunity
Asst. Dir. for Tutor Engagement, Tutor Chaplain
EvKids
Boston, MA
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Profession of Vows (Virtual)
Celebrate Sister Annie Klapheke’s (Anchorage '08-09) profession of final vows.
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Patrick Cahill (Bethel, AK '77-78) |
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Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky with some current CAP volunteers |
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My JVC Northwest experience has had a huge impact on my life. Simply, it gave me confidence to try things I never would have attempted. My experience as a live-in counselor at the group home in Bethel, Alaska was such a positive time that I made a promise to myself to serve a year as a volunteer every decade of my life. Unfortunately, life threw me a curve ball and I felt it necessary to remain around Massachusetts to care for my father (pancreatic cancer), mother (congestive heart failure), and brother (lung cancer) as their health declined and left us to be with the Lord. Now, it is time to for me to make up for the volunteer opportunities that have been postponed. |
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Bethel '77-78 JV Community |
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Now, while serving at the Grateful Bread Food Pantry for the Christian Appalachian Project in Kentucky, I see some similarities between the kids at the Bethel Group Home in 1977 and the participants we serve at Grateful Bread. Many people in both situations have very little in material possessions, but have an inner strength to continue to survive. Once my service with CAP is complete, I hope to serve with Mercy Volunteer Corps in the physical therapy department at a special education school for Navajo kids in Arizona.
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We love to celebrate our community! Submit this form to nominate someone to be featured in a future FJV Spotlight.
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We acknowledge and honor the Clackamas People as the traditional inhabitants of the land upon which our office resides and this newsletter is published. We pay respect to Elders both past and present. We are committed to deepening our knowledge and perspectives of this land's history as the first step toward a future of justice and understanding. To learn more about the history of where you live, visit Native-Land.ca.
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