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Presidential Library Staff.
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Clinton Presidential Records
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National Service
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Jim Kreidler
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WESTMORELAND CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
1 Westmoreland Circle, Bethesda, Maryland 20816
Telephone: (301) 229-7766
Mr. Eli Segal
March 12, 1993
National Service
Old Executive Office Building
Room 145
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Mr. Segal,
Enclosed are some materials regarding the Westmoreland Volunteer
Corps, sponsored by our local church. My son, Jeff Forbes, who
worked with you on various Clinton Campaigns during the primaries
and general election, thought you might find it interesting in
light of the President's commitment to national volunteer service.
There are several denominationally sponsored volunteer corps in
Washington. The Westmoreland Volunteer Corps is unique because it
is sponsored and administrated by a single local congregation.
We have been in existence for eight years. Over the past five
years applications from college graduates have increased signifi-
cantly indicating that volunteer service is again thriving on
college campuses.
We have found this program advantageous in many ways:
College graduates find out if they have a vocation for
human service work.
Social service agencies get much-needed, qualified
workers at minimal cost.
Volunteers provide dedicated care to the client
communities.
Members of this congregation become more aware of the
needs of the area.
In short everyone wins in this program.
I thought we might be mutually helpful to one another as you
investigate the idea of national volunteer service. We would
benefit by the publicity this program might receive and you might
find us useful in promoting the idea of service.
Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Gordon M. Forbes, Minister
GORDON M. FORBES
E. ANN STEDMAN
LORING D. CHASE
SONDRA PROCTOR
Senior Minister
Associate Minister
Minister Emeritus
Director of Music/Organist
Do You Have Skills in Helping Others?
WESTMORELAND
Would You Like to Serve People In Need?
JOIN THE WESTMORELAND VOLUNTEER CORPS ! ! !
COMMUNITY SERVICE
OPPORTUNITIES IN WASHINGTON
VOLUNTEER CORPS
WESTMORELAND VOLUNTEER CORPS OFFERS UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES:
WORK at a Washington, D.C. area service or advocacy agency from
September 1993 through August, 1994.
GIVE aid to the homeless, the elderly, battered women, or
disabled persons.
also bilingual opportunities.
BE PEACE. an advocate to end hunger, racism, poverty and promote
LIVE in a Christian community with others committed to SERVICE.
REQUIREMENTS:
You must be 21 years or older, have a college degree or
related work experience.
You must be willing to live simply on a limited income and in a
community setting.
BENEFITS:
Housing, health insurance, transportation expenses, monthly
food allowance, and a small personal expense stipend.
Placement process that tries to match applicant's interests
and skills with available service or advocacy positions.
Professional spiritual/community counselor, periodic retreats,
welcoming church home.
APPLICATION PROCESS:
Submit an Application by March 15, 1993.
Selected applicants interviewed in Washington, April-May, 1993.
Final acceptance by May 30, 1993.
or earlier!
For APPLICATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION, WRITE:
--->
WESTMORELAND VOLUNTEER CORPS
WESTMORELAND CONGREGATIONAL UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
1 WESTMORELAND CIRCLE
BETHESDA, MD 20816
phone (301) 229-7766
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WESTMORELAND AND
Westmoreland Volunteer Corps
VOLUNTEER CORPS
January, 1993
The Westmoreland Volunteer Corps (WVC) began its eighth year by welcoming five enthusiastic
young women in August, 1992. They followed in the footsteps of thirty-five men and women, recently
graduated from college, who chose to spend a year in the Washington, D.C. area, exploring service to
the homeless, the poor, the elderly, in peace and justice advocacy, and to live simply in the Volunteer
Corps House.
This house, which is home to the volunteers serving in the WVC, is a traditional colonial-style
house, formerly one of the parsonages of the Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ.
When it was no longer needed as a parsonage, church members took action, in a spirit of concern for the
community and in support of young people interested in putting their faith into action, and created the
Volunteer Corps, converting the old parsonage into a group home for the volunteers.
The WVC Board, established to guide and administer the Volunteer program, helps to place
volunteers in positions related to their interests and abilities. The participating non-profit agencies where
they work can make their resources go further because the money they pay the volunteers is just enough
to take care of their housing, food allowance, health insurance and a modest stipend for their expenses.
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
Meg Bryant is a graduate of the College of
that I have to keep going, that, at least, I can help
Wooster in Ohio, having earned her degree in
with this small piece of the healing of our world. In
Sociology with a concentration in Anthropology
the words of the writer Alice Walker, 'Live by the
studying ritual and gender. She is serving as Senior
Word and keep walking."
Coordinator of food, clothing, and nutrition at Com-
munity Family Life Services (CFLS). She also
tutors children once a week. This agency provides
food, clothing, employment counseling, transitional
housing, tutoring for children along with a restau-
rant where homeless people are trained in food
preparation.
Meg says, "Through this wide variety of
services which CFLS provides, I come into contact
with many different people - from homeless men
who sleep on park benches to a mother with twelve
children to homebound seniors. Their needs are a
constant reminder of the amount of work which
needs to be done in this world. There is a lot of hurt
and pain in our society, and at times it seems
hopeless. But just when things seem like a lost
cause someone will smile or a kid comes running up
to you and gives you a great big hug. Then I know