Brethren Volunteer Service older adult unit completes orientation.

Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Unit 279, an older adult unit, has completed orientation. The unit orientation was held at the New Windsor (Md.) Conference Center on the campus of the Brethren Service Center, from April 21-May 2.

The volunteers, their home congregations or hometowns, and placements are: Larry and Elaine Balliet of South Thomaston, Maine, project placement pending; Michael Colvin of La Verne (Calif.) Church of the Brethren, to serve with On Earth Peace in New Windsor, Md.; Peter and Kay Hagert of Mooresville (W.Va.) Church of the Brethren, to serve at HRDC in Havre, Mon.; and Roz Jeremiah, of Middlesex, England, to Innisfree in Crozet, Va.

While in Maryland, the volunteers had several opportunities to serve, including at the Brethren Nutrition Program in Washington, D.C., and visited the Young Center in Elizabethtown, Pa., and the Ephrata Cloisters.

For more information contact the BVS office at 800-323-8039 or visit www.brethrenvolunteerservice.org.

Source: 5/23/2008 Newsline