GOOD SHEPHERD VOLUNTEERS
25-30 21st Street
Astoria, NY 11105
Phone: (718) 943-7488
Fax: (718) 777-1928
Web: www.gsvolunteers.org
Executive Director: Peter Altman
Email: peter@gsvolunteers.org
Mission:
Good Shepherd Volunteers (GSVs) collaborates with the Sisters of the Good Shepherd to provide full-time volunteers with the opportunity to work in social
service ministries and to use their God-given talents serving women,
adolescents, and children affected by poverty, violence, and neglect.
Developing relationships with the marginalized of our world empowers
volunteers to grow in knowledge and faith that inspire them to lead a
life of seeking justice.
Good Shepherd Volunteers was founded in 1992 by the
Sisters of the Good Shepherd, who desired to incorporate more people
into their ministries around the country. GSV was founded with two
volunteers in New York, and grew into a program that now places
volunteers across the US and around the world. There are over 200
volunteer alumni in our growing network who continue to carry forward
the Good Shepherd mission in their lives. We were founded, and continue
to focus, on the Four Tenets of Social Justice, Simplicity,
Spirituality, and Community.
Services Provided:
Provides full-time volunteers with the opportunity to use their God-given talents to serve women, adolescents, and children affected by poverty, violence, and neglect. GSV has placements in the United States and internationally in a variety of fields:
- Education
- Youth Counseling
- Domestic Violence
- Economic Justice& Fair Trade
- After-School Programs
- Foster Care