Voluntary Service Program Terminated
Diocesan Press Service. July 10, 1969 [77-22]
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The function of a volunteer in today's world is different from what it was five years ago. Those who would have participated in summer work camps far from home or in Mississippi Summer five years ago, are now working year-round in their own communities.
Volunteers are, therefore, now being recruited and placed more successfully on a local and regional, rather than a national level. In response to these changes, the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church is terminating its Voluntary Service Program.
This program recruited and placed persons in summer service projects at home and overseas. Volunteers worked in such diverse places as New York's slums, rural Appalachia, Japan or Tanganyika, and performed such services as manual labor, tutoring and conducting recreation programs.
It also recruited and placed Volunteers for Mission, recent college graduates who served for terms of one or two years in both overseas and domestic assignments. They performed a variety of tasks, including teaching, physical therapy, youth work and secretarial duties. Such assignments may be available to professional persons in overseas areas through the regular missionary appointment process.
Persons who want to be volunteers can find a multitude of opportunities and resources through community service organizations, local volunteer bureaus, governmental agencies and diocesan voluntary service committees. A comprehensive directory of both short and long term voluntary service programs, Invest Yourself, is available from the Commission on Youth Service Projects, 475 Riverside Drive, Room 832, New York, N.Y. 10027, for 50 cents per copy.