{"id":25055,"date":"2025-04-04T22:14:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/?p=25055"},"modified":"2025-04-04T22:15:39","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T22:15:39","slug":"bvs-accepting-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brethren.org\/news\/2025\/bvs-accepting-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Brethren Volunteer Service accepting applications for the 2025-2026 year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) is accepting applications for the 2025-2026 year. \u201cPut your faith in action, and volunteer with BVS!\u201d said an invitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

BVS staff are offering a Zoom information session about volunteering on April 15 at 8 p.m. (Eastern time). <\/strong>Register in advance using this link: https:\/\/us06web.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/nZT3YV66T2ibvOlRAhtZrQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteers must be at least age 18 and able to commit to a year of service. Before embarking on a service year, volunteers first attend an orientation. There are two volunteer orientations planned for the year, a summer event in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and a fall event on the East Coast:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Summer orientation: July 27 to Aug. 4 at Camp Colorado in Sedalia, Colo.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fall orientation: Sept. 10-18 at Camp Mardela in Denton, Md.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orientation training is a time spent building community with other volunteers and the BVS staff. At orientation, volunteers prepare for their service experience by exploring ways to enable personal and societal change, learning how to live simply, examining their personal beliefs and values, and becoming more aware of their role as a BVS volunteer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Volunteers serve with one of BVS\u2019 nonprofit partners in the US or abroad. Typically, volunteers go straight to their project site after orientation to begin their year of service. Volunteers are responsible for getting themselves to orientation. BVS provides transportation from orientation to the project sites. During their year of service, volunteers receive housing, food, a stipend, and health insurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information, go to www.brethren.org\/bvs<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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