Stories from Philadelphia/South Jersey

IVC Philadelphia/South Jersey Member Profile: Tom Volkert, NETWORK

Many IVC volunteers want to work with organizations that provide direct service to individuals, but for others, their IVC commitment is a chance to be part of an effort to change the system itself. Tom Volkert, for example, moved from a volunteer hospital ministry to...

IVC Philadelphia/South Jersey Member Profile: Jane Seaberg, Sanctuary Farm

A Growth Experience After a long career in communications and journalism, Jane Seaberg was looking for a volunteer opportunity that was different from the work she had done for so long: “I knew I wanted to have an active retirement. Some of the situations I...

IVC Philadelphia/South Jersey Begins Its 2022 Program Year!

Why join IVC when you could just go volunteer someplace? The answer to that question was on full display during September’s retreat at A.D.R.O.P. (Augustinian Defenders of the Rights of the Poor, an IVC placement in South Philadelphia), when 22 members of our Corps...

IVC Philadelphia/South Jersey Member Profile: Peter Matthews, Delaware County Literacy Council

IVC Philadelphia/South Jersey Member Profile: Peter Matthews, Delaware County Literacy Council Not every IVC volunteer commitment ends up being virtually a second career. However, Peter Matthews’ 16 years at Delaware County Literacy Council has made him an integral...

Book Launch Party with Christine Marie Eberle!

Join us as we celebrate the launch of Finding God Abiding, the new book by Philadelphia author and friend of IVC Christine Marie Eberle!

For Ignatian volunteers, experience makes the difference

Volunteers are the lifeblood of nonprofit organizations, but the constant cycle of recruiting, scheduling and orienting newcomers can be a challenge to forward momentum. Similarly, for many individuals seeking to donate their time and talent, it’s not enough to fill a slot on a schedule; they long to contribute in meaningful ways.

For when I was hungry…

In the midst of the civic unrest and anxiety about the coronavirus, we can lose sight of the ongoing crisis of food insecurity. Defined as “the disruption of food intake or eating patterns because of lack of money and other resources,” Katie Fitzgerald, Chief...

Giving Back and Changing Lives for 20 Years

Lou Naglak, an Ignatian Volunteer in Philadelphia, has served prisoners at the Bucks County Prison for over 20 years. “I couldn’t have predicted this would be the next phase of my life,” he says. “I grew up in a coal town above Scranton, Pennsylvania. In the 1930s...

Prodigal Sons and Their Safe Haven

by Robin Cuddy The most recent Department of Housing and Urban Development report on homelessness, published in 2015, estimated that about 564,000 homeless people in the United States live in shelters or on the streets. For Jack O’Doherty, an Ignatian volunteer for...

Serving School Children with Love and Skill

By Emilie Gillanders IVC National Board Member and Ignatian Volunteer in Northern Virginia Anne Marie Campbell is beginning her thirteenth year with IVC and has been at Our Lady of Sorrows/St. Ignatius School right from the start. Eight years ago the two schools...