Central Ohio Returned Peace Corps Volunteers Association
Columbus, OH
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Welcome to CORVA
--a non-profit organization of returned Peace Corps volunteers in the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area that serves as the local representative of the National Peace Corps Association (NPCA).
We are a 501(C)3 organization dedicated to connecting people from other countries to each other through service and conversation.
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**2023 Next Meetings and Events*
December 3, 2023- Holiday Party (Sun) 5- 8 pm Pat and Wally Harsch’s, 4307 Olentangy Blvd, Columbus – Bring a dish. Calendars will be for sale also. Address is sent in Evite:\
Watch “A Towering Task, The Story of Peace Corps. As listed on WOSU website, the dates and times are: Tues., Dec. 26@ 9pm HD; Wed. Dec. 27@ 1:30 am HD; Wed. Dec. 27 @ 9pm Plus, Mon. Jan. 1 @ 1 am HD (Any tv that gets WOSU (34 on antenna; 7 on Spectrum should be able to watch)
January 17, 2024 (Wed) Dinner Out – 6:00 pm Laibela Restaurant, 1111 S. Hamilton Rd. Columbus, OH 43227. This is part one of Ethiopian series. February 11, 2024 (Sun) Book Reading “Taking the Plunge” 1-3 pm @ Martin Luther King Library, 1467 E. Long St., Columbus, OH Part 2 of Ethiopian Series - RPCV William Hershey will be reading from his recently published memoir about his Peace Corps service in Ethiopia. - Hershey spent more than 40 years reporting on Ohio government and politics at the local, state and national levels. He was the Akron Beacon Journal‘s Washington correspondent and Columbus Bureau Chief for the Beacon Journal and the Dayton Daily News. He was a major contributor to coverage that won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for the Beacon Journal staff for reporting on Sir James Goldsmith’s attempted takeover of the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. He is co-author with John C. Green of Mr. Chairman: The Life and Times of Ray C. Bliss. March 20, 2024 Dinner out (Wed) @ 6pm Café Istanbul, 6125 Riverside Dr., 6pm April 13, 2024 (Sat) - Greater Columbus Cherry Blossom Festival, Adventure Center in Franklin Park, Columbus – CORVA has a booth representing Peace Corps. International Voluntary Organization puts on this festival. Also need volunteers to help with parking. Festival is free. Enjoy the cherry blossoms in full bloom, plus vendors, dances, music, children's activities and more. April 21,2024 Potluck (Sun) – 3-6 pm. Who can host? May 15, 2024 Dinner out – Bonifacio, (Philippines) 1577 King Ave. 6 p.mJune 16, 2024 3-6 pm at Pete and Shirley Wilms house. Address sent in Evite
June 28- 30 2024 CORVA Watermelon Booth @ COMFEST This is our main fundraiser. Sign up for a shift or two. Signups start in June.
CORVA Watermelon Booth at COMFEST update! Comfest was a huge success this year!
Thanks to the efforts of those who helped out with the watermelon booth this June,CORVA raised $4561.27. Total raised since 2001 is now $47,539.68!
A big thanks to Janice Hoegrefe who takes on the feat of organizing the booth each year.
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!SPEAKER NEEDS!
Want to pursue that ‘third goal’ of Peace Corps by sharing your experience with OSU students, staff, and faculty? Some events may be general in scope while others may focus on your program area of service.
Contact the Peace Corps Recruiter Valerie Fronczak, RPCV Malawi at Ohio State if you can help with speaking engagements and recruiting events.
phone: 614-292 3008; email: peacecorps@osu.edu
OSU RANKED AMONG TOP PEACE CORPS PRODUCING UNIVERSITIES IN 2019!!
Carry out the third goal of Peace Corps:
--Bringing the World Back Home by...
**Peace Corps Connect**
CORVA is also affiliated with the
National Peace Corps Association (NPCA)
The National Peace Corps Association " upholds Peace Corps ideals and supports Peace Corps-inspired initiatives."
**Make Membership Official***
Put a small amount of money to major good use and take action
To join NPCA (with a link that allows you to join CORVA, click here.
NPCA dues are free but up your level for a copy of World View magazine.
CORVA dues are a suggested $15, also for a year. CORVA dues cover cost of the CORVA website.
The Peace Corps Week
February 25- March 2, 2024
March 7 is the NPCA Capitol Hill Day of Advocacy
Peace Corps Week commemorates President John F. Kennedy’s establishment of the agency on March 1, 1961, and celebrates all the ways that Peace Corps makes a difference at home and abroad. As we begin a new decade, we look to the future. This Peace Corps Week, we invite the world to celebrate the ways our host communities and Volunteers are innovating for the world of tomorrow.
Ways to join and celebrate during Peace Corps Week.
Support Peace Corps at the national level by taking action to protect Peace Corps funding.
Click link to see how.
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Support CORVA's Projects. Buy a calendar and sell calendars.
***Our supply of International Calendars for 2024 are all sold!
The calendars are a project of the Returned Peace Corps group in Madison, WI.
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Columbus, OH
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