The Providence Volunteer Ministry newsletter, Connection, is mailed two times a year.

Connection, the newsletter of Providence Volunteer Ministry, is available to anyone interested in the volunteer life. You can download an interactive PDF of the Summer 2008 issue here or the Spring 2008 issue here.

To receive a free subscription or for more information about Providence Volunteer Ministry, contact:
Julie Szolek-Van Valkenburgh, director
7425 N. Irvington Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46250
317-695-4634
pvm@spsmw.org

Also, sign-up now for Connection Online, the e-mail newsletter of Providence Volunteer Ministry. Just click here to add your name to the list!

Here is what some PVM alumni had to say about Connection Online.

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After reading the newsletter and reading about the new PVM'S I was just so excited to hear some new news about Saint Mary of the Woods. Now that I am done with my B.S and while obtaining my degree my semester being a PVM in 2001 was so important in my life and shaped a lot of who I am now because of it. — Tricia Byron

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I just opened up my email today and received the new edition of Connection Online.  As I scrolled through the edition, I thought of my experience as a PVM (summer of '04) and how it truly shaped where I am today and I wanted to thank you and the Sisters for your tremendous influence!

While I was at Saint-Mary-of-the- Woods, I worked in the gardens and helped track Bovine Growth Hormone Legislation in Congress with Sister Mo's guidance.  As I was preparing to head out to D.C. at the end of the summer with an internship at NETWORK, A Catholic Social Justice Lobby, Sister Mo told me about a "Green Festival" that would be happening in D.C. and suggested that I volunteer.  I took her advice and signed up to help out with the music programming and had a WONDERFUL time learning new ways to green my life and my community.  I then signed up to be a member of Co-op America (the sponsor of the Green Festival), fell in love with their mission of a sustainable future, and, after my internship at NETWORK concluded, came to work at Co-op America.

I just celebrated my one year anniversary as Co-op America's Executive Team Assistant and Intern Coordinator.  I have my experience as a PVM volunteer and Sister Mo to thank for it!

And to top it all off, as I was reading over the new newsletter, I saw Mark Rusch's name.  It's so great to know that a fellow Creighton alum will be working the fields of the White Violet Center! 

Thank you for keeping me up-to-date, and please let Sisters Mo, PB, and Ann know how grateful I am for the experience they gave me while I was at White Violet Center!  I hope those alpaca are doing well! — Samm Saarion