THE APPLICATIONS FOR MVC’S 2025-2026 SERVICE PROGRAMS ARE NOW AVAILABLE!
Mercy Volunteer Corps offers professional placements in cities across the United States and in Guyana, South America. Mercy Volunteers work in education, healthcare, and social services while growing spiritually and living simply in community.
VOLUNTEER FOR A YEAR
Volunteer for one year in the U.S. or South America. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Submit your app online today for priority in selecting your service site and city.
VOLUNTEER FOR A SUMMER
Volunteer in the summer at Mercy Ecospirituality Center in Benson, Vermont or ARISE Adelante in the Rio Grande Valley!
SUPPORT MERCY VOLUNTEER CORPS
Donate to Mercy Volunteers and Mercy Volunteer Corps! Your donations support Mercy Volunteers as they serve with people on the margins. Donate online today!
EQUITY AT MERCY VOLUNTEER CORPS
MVC commits to dismantling racism and acting against systems which marginalize, dehumanize, disenfranchise, and oppress. Read our statement and examine our goals that we created in order to address the inequality existing in our organization and to create goals for furthering efforts towards diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
STORIES FROM MERCY VOLUNTEERS
Serving in the U.S. and South America
Reducing Friction: Love in the Details of Daily Shelter Life
Hello! I’m Laurel, the Mercy Volunteer at Lydia’s House in Cincinnati this year. I absolutely…
Discovering Philadelphia: Creating Comfort & Connection
So far my experiences volunteering at my service site has been going really well. I…
Lessons Beyond the Classroom: My Journey at Mercy Wings
I have been serving in Guyana as a volunteer at Mercy Wings Academic Foundation, originally…