LVC is pleased to announce the option to select shorter terms of volunteering, starting in 2020! In addition to it’s legacy program — the Year of Service — LVC will offer semesters for FALL:August-December, SPRING:January-May, and SUMMER:June-August. Our nonprofit partners will now have the option of securing a Volunteer for a long-term position for one year; or shorter-term service projects that last from three to five months. Volunteers will have a different experience with the Flex Semester. It allows Volunteers to serve where they live (they won’t be sent to a new city but will serve in DC, Baltimore, Omaha, Twin Cities, Wilmington, or theRead More →

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As December came and passed, I was very upset to have had a Green Christmas, but I never imagined my wish for snow would leave us with record setting negative temperatures in January, 39 inches of snow in February, and a winter storm in April. While I was happy that my fairy tale winter-wonderland was here, I did not anticipate what else winter would bring. My emotions are easily affected by many things – I cry during movies and if I see a cute baby or puppy – but I had never felt the effect of winter bringing me down. With so many days ofRead More →

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Spring has well and truly sprung in DC!  With it has come warmer weather, blooming trees, cherry blossoms by the Jefferson Memorial, and festivals. Unfortunately, with this warm weather, has also come stress about the future, late night résumé edits, and the last leg of this volunteer year. Housemates and coworkers are scrambling to make plans and find jobs, and we find ourselves – yet again – trying to find new ways to define ourselves. For four years I was a college student working toward a degree and some magical future that I hadn’t quite figured out yet. In my search for a plan, LVC seemedRead More →

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