![A Contemplation on Spiritual Surrender](https://ivcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Picture1-2.png)
![A Contemplation on Spiritual Surrender](https://ivcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Picture1-2.png)
![Second Annual IVC-Portland Service Day at Maine Needs](https://ivcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MN3-1080x675.jpg)
Second Annual IVC-Portland Service Day at Maine Needs
On April 9, Regional Advisory Council Members, Service Corps Members, and friends gathered for IVC-Portland’s second annual service...![IVC-Portland Days of Service](https://ivcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/20210522_162225-1080x675.jpg)
IVC-Portland Days of Service
IVC-Portland recently hosted two community days of service. Service Corps Members, Regional Advisory Council members, and their families...![A Change in Perspetive](https://ivcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/PAE-students-1080x675.jpg)
A Change in Perspetive
Portland Adult Education (PAE), a center for learning in Portland, Maine, started in 1848 with a budget of $120 and 60 students. While the Center serves all populations in need, immigrants have always been a part of the Center’s community and account for almost half of the current enrollment.
![David Hilleary Reflects on His Experience as an IVC-Portland Service Corps Member](https://ivcusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/STRIVE.jpg)
David Hilleary Reflects on His Experience as an IVC-Portland Service Corps Member
In 2018, I retired and moved with my wife from California to Maine, in order to be geographically closer to our children and grandchildren, who now live here. I was looking for an opportunity to give back, get to know my new home community better and, frankly, occupy my new wide opened schedule.