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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**2019 Next Meetings and Events*
Nov. 13, 2019; 6 PM AAB Indian Restaurant 1470 Grandview Ave, Columbus, OH 43212. (happy hour prices on appetizers with an entree and some drinks)
Calendars will be available
Dec. 8, 2019 - Holiday Party
Wally and Pat Harsch's house. Everyone brings a dish to share.
Calendars will be available
CORVA Watermelon Booth at COMFEST update!
Thanks to the efforts of those who helped out with the watermelon booth this year, we cut 104 melons with an average of 12.5 cups / melon according to sales.
CORVA raised $3,688.15 in profits this year. Adding this to previous years put our total just $22.00 short of raising $43,000.00 for since 2001!
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!SPEAKER NEEDS!
Contact Laura Joseph, the Peace Corps Recruiter at Ohio State if you can help with speaking engagements at local high schools or with the above recruting events at Ohio State.
614-292 3008
****Returned Peace Corps Volunteers, people interested in Peace Corps and family and friends are welcome to come to our meetings whether a potluck or a dinner out.
What We Do
Carry out the third goal of Peace Corps:
--Bringing the World Back Home by...
- Guest speak in schools, civic organizations and Peace Corps recruiting functions
- Raise money for various local and overseas projects that help fulfill the goals of Peace Corps, i.e, to help people become self-sufficient and able to excel wherever they may live.
- Meet each month to offer support to newly returned volunteers and friendship to former volunteers who live in central Ohio. Meetings alternate between a potluck at a CORVA member's house and an ethnic restaurant.
- Help spread the word about National Peace Corps Association and the work they do in Peace Corps advocacy.
**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 $15, also for a year. CORVA dues cover cost of the CORVA website and our PO Box rental.
Support Peace Corps at the national level by taking action to protect Peace Corps funding.
Click link to see how.
Also, go to National Days of Action
Join us on Capitol Hill on
Thursday, March 5, 2020
to support Peace Corps Funding. Register here.
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Support CORVA's Projects. Buy a calendar and sell calendars.
International Calendars for 2020 are now on sale. Buy one to support the charities that CORVA donates money to every year. Also help sell them.
Email jrhein@hotmail.com if you would like a calendar. Write CALENDAR in subject heading.
The calendars are a project of the Returned Peace Corps group in Madison, WI.
Columbus, OH
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