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.                        

 ***Contact us at 

corvapc@yahoo.com

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**2020 Next Meetings and Events*

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.  

February. 19, 2020 6:30 PM  Potluck 

Jamie Rhein's and Steve Murray's house. Everyone brings a dish to share.

Feb. 26., 6-7 p.m. Friends and Family Event 160 Enarson Classroom Building 2009 Millikin Road OSU. Geared to parents, other family and friends of those who have recently applied to the Peace Corps here in Central Ohio. A panel of parents of current or returned volunteers will share their experiences and advice on such issues as communication, security, and the larger impacts of the Peace Corps experience on all involved. CORVA members welcome. If you know any local RPCV parents or others of recent volunteers who might like to take part, email Laura Joseph at peacecorps@osu.edu.

March 18 (Wed), 6:30 - Dinner Out TBD 

April 16 (Thurs) - Peace Corps Send Off Party 5-7 p.m.  Agricultural Administration Auditorium 2120 Fyffe Road  OSU

Join us to congratulate and celebrate new volunteers as they prepare for departure

The program will include dinner, remarks by Peace Corps and CORVA staff, participation in Peace Corps Partnership projects. Also a keynote address by Charly Bauer (Malawi 1992-94), Stewardship Director at Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams. 

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!

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 Laura Joseph, the Peace Corps Recruiter at Ohio State if you can help with speaking engagements and recruting events.  

phone: 614-292 3008; email: peacecorps@osu.edu 

OSU RANKS 5TH PEACE CORPS ON TOP PEACE CORPS PRODUCING UNIVERSITIES FOR 2019!!

Read more here.

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.

The Peace Corps Week

March 1-7, 2020

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.

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.

Drop us a Line

We're eager to hear from you, particularly if you have just returned to central Ohio from your Peace Corps service.

Also, if you would like us to provide your organization with one or more guest speakers-- or if we can help you with your own make the world a better place endeavors, let us know.

Unique corners of the world are our specialty.

Click here to send us a message.