The Kykotsmovi MVS unit is unique in that all members work at Hopi Mission School, the only Christian school on the reservation. The primary role of the MVS unit is to provide education for children in grades K-6.

Service options in Tucson focus on work with the poor and assisting low-income families.

MVSers have served with agencies that work with park preservation, with programs that offer rehabilitative, alternative sentencing options to jail time, with disabled adults, and with children.

MVSers engage with issues of poverty, homelessness and health (including HIV/AIDS) in a vibrant urban setting. They also nurture children, work with youth, and advocate for nonviolent change in society.

MVSers in the past have served in childcare, local health care facilities, homeless shelters, in counseling for domestic abuse, with Guatemalan refugees, and in community development agencies.

The work of Boulder MVSers centers on peace and on community outreach.

Most volunteers in Americus serve at Habitat for Humanity. Positions are available in construction, day care, human resources, environmental resources, computer services, legal, development, graphic arts, administration, and many other areas.

The Chicago unit is located in the predominantly Mexican-American neighborhood of Pilsen. Volunteers are placed with agencies engaged in a variety of activities serving those most affected by political, social, and economic injustice. The Unit is supported by Chicago Community Mennonite Church, a mostly white, socially and theologically progressive community.

In addition to serving with one of the ministries of Prairie Street Mennonite Church, past MVSers have worked with Catholic Charities as immigration counselors, ASSETS Elkhart County working with entrepreneurial training, and as neighborhood planners.

Since 1988, MVS has been one of the programs of Patchwork Central, an intentional community in Evansville, Ind.

Types of service include Interfaith Housing, Hutchinson Et. Cetera shop (thrift store), Boys and Girls Club, Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Mennonite Friendship Manor (a local retirement community), and Camp Mennoscah.

Kansas City volunteers serve their communities by finding housing and employment for refugees, developing and maintaining community gardens, advocating for migrant workers and coordinating children's programs for kids of all ages.

Service options in Baltimore focus primarily on human services. There are opportunities to work with children in Christian schools and after-school programs, with homeless people or refugees, or with Habitat for Humanity.

MVSers can serve in a variety of contexts, including work with children and youth, assisting the manager of Plowshares Crafts, environmental activism and education, building homes for homeless families, and peace work.

Service opportunities in the Manhattan MVS unit focus on urban peace and service ministries particularly related to marginalized persons. Many MVSers work among the homeless, immigrants, and with those suffering from HIV/AIDS.

Rochester has openings with organizations working in conflict resolution and restorative justice, advocacy for migrant farm workers, health care for the underserved, hospitality for the homeless, and other areas.

MVSers in Sioux Falls have a number of service options. The unit works closely with Lutheran Social Services and Ten Thousand Villages.

Originally established as a way to provide workers for assistance programs for Central American refugees, the unit now offers service opportunities in education and family services.

MVSers in San Antonio can serve with child care, health care, social service, home repair for low-income families, and legal service agencies.

MVS participants generally serve in environmental or human service agencies that focus on low- or no-income persons and marginalized individuals and families.

MVSers can work with intergovernmental and human service organizations in areas including health, education, homelessness and poverty, advocacy, policy and law, immigration, religion, the arts, and with issues of race, gender and class.

Come serve in the beautiful, progressive capital of Wisconsin. Madison has a plethora of nonprofit agencies, and we are still developing positions, so if you are interested in Madison, tell us what you want to do and we'll find you that job.