Stories of Service
IVC-Portland Days of Service
IVC-Portland recently hosted two community days of service. Service Corps Members, Regional Advisory Council members, and their families came together to help local organizations in need by volunteering their time. IVC-Portland joined volunteers from Our Lady of Hope...
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.
Local News Highlights IVC-Portland
The Portland Forecaster recently highlighted the work of IVC-Maine.
Diocese of Portland Highlights IVC-Portland’s First Service Year
In August 2020, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland wrote a story about IVC-Portland marking the completion of its first service year. "The experience of walking with Christ is very different from merely learning about him in books." [button...
Central Maine News Highlights IVC-Portland’s Collaboration with New Food Kitchen
An effort is underway to open a new soup kitchen in Waterville, Maine, a city about 45 minutes north of Portland, after the Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen closed there last March. "The first donation to the soup kitchen effort came from the Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon,...