Brethren Volunteer Service Unit 287 begins service.

Members of Brethren Volunteer Service (BVS) Unit 287 have begun their terms of service at a number of projects in the United States and Europe. Following are the 15 volunteers, their home congregations or hometowns, and project sites:

Alex Bahn of Codorus Church of the Brethren in Dallastown, Pa., is going to serve at Camp Mack in Milford, Ind. Michael Camps, First Church of the Brethren in Miami, Fla., to Camp Courageous in Monticello, Iowa. Pam Dirting, Wakeman's Grove Church of the Brethren in Edinburg, Va., to Quaker Cottage in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Erin Duffy, Hempfield Church of the Brethren in Manheim, Pa., to Brethren Woods in Keezletown, Va. Ashley Eckert of Folsom, Calif., to Bridgeway in Lakewood, Colo. Kendra Johnson of Waterloo, Iowa, to Peace Brigades International in Hamburg, Germany. Michael Kramarczyk of Bad Driburg, Germany, to Brethren Nutrition Program in Washington D.C. Andy Loos of Salzgitter, Germany, to Boys Hope Girls Hope in Kansas City, Mo. Lucy and Micah Loucks of Goshen, Ind., to L'Arche in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Jeremy McAvoy of Live Oak (Calif.) Church of the Brethren, to Brethren Disaster Ministries in New Windsor, Md. Lacey Perfors of Elgin, Ill., and David Reger of Herrenzimmern, Germany, to Abode Service in Fremont, Calif. Dane Sollenberger of Rochester, N.Y., and Ian Sollenberger of Los Angeles, Calif., to CooperRiis in Mill Spring, N.C.

Source: 2/25/2010 Newsline