Volunteer Network International (V-Net) responds to requests for assistance from those who are disadvantaged in ways that restore health and well-being to the people and the environment, promote self reliance and cultural understanding, and preserve dignity. The project is based in the Claremont area in Southern California's Inland Valley.

Founded in 1991, volunteers from around the world have participated in projects serving people in need in Amazonas, Guatemala, India and the United States. Projects involving V-Net leadership, in total, have delivered more than $7 million in aid and development, and include infrastructure such as a clinic and schools.

V-Net projects are funded through the generosity of people like you. To donate to Xela Aid, visit the project website through the link below. To make a general donation to V-Net projects, click here.

Volunteer Network’s Celebrate Claremont Family Festival
Wednesdays during Daylight Savings Time ~ Launches April 29th

Plan to be in the Claremont, California area sometime soon? Stop in to experience “Claremont Wednesdays,” when this exciting seasonal festival joins The Green Market and Community Forums for an evening of entertainment for the whole family. The Green Market offers fresh produce mid-week and special exhibits that offer solutions for sustainable living. The Celebrate Claremont Family Festival features musical acts, taste-tempting entrées and specialty finger foods, the quality wares of local merchants, movie screenings, gift-perfect local arts and craft items; children’s attractions like games, a bounce house, pony rides and a petting zoo, and much more! And best of all, your participation will fund important services for those much less fortunate:100% of net proceeds go to support the vital health and education programs of V-Net’s Xela Aid: Partnerships for Self-Reliance (below)

Celebrate Festival Launches April 29 – Join Us!

Prospective Booth Participants: Application [pdf form]

Questions? Contact Event Manager; Contact Sponsor

Sponsored by Volunteer Network and beneficiary project Xela Aid, with proud partners the Claremont Chamber of Commerce and the City of Claremont.

Find your way back or tell friends: http://www.claremontwednesdays.org , http://www.claremontfamilyfestival.org

PROJECTS OF VOLUNTEER NETWORK INTERNATIONAL

Xela Aid USA/International

Founded 1992 as a medical aid project, the work of Xela Aid continues having grown into a full-fledged development project based in San MartÌn Chiquito, near Quetzaltenango (Xela), Guatemala. Xela Aid’s clinic serves more than 10,000 people in need, while its education projects make it possible for children to go to school. Xela Aid-sponsored children represent the first in the community to complete technical training and graduate from college. Visit Xela Aid Homepage, Photo Galleries and much more.

Amazon Relief

Undertaken in 1991, the project worked with Venezuelan authorities and health organizations to define a network of medical support for the Yanomami people. The project teamed with Virgin Airways to deliver $250,000 in medical aid. The resulting film, Yanomami: Keepers of the Flame, was awarded Best of Festival at the 1992 Environmental Film Festival. It continues to air on public television stations.

Community Lodge at Rosebud

Todd County—the second poorest county in the United States—is home to the Lakota people of the Rosebud Reservation. Statistics revealed that six in 10 teenagers on Rosebud were addicted to methamphetamines or alcohol (2005). Lakota Elders reported that when re-involved in traditional cultural practices, these teenagers were highly likely to recover. In 2005, Rosebud’s Ceremonial Lodge, central to these practices, was a tiny, leaky, particle-board building with no insulation from 110-degree summers and sub-zero winters. Elders asked for VNET’s help in helping Rosebud teenagers to reclaim their cultural traditions as a means of improving the psychological, spiritual, and physical wellbeing of their community. VNET’s projects in 2005 and 2006—funded in part by the Annenberg Foundation—delivered medical aid to the Rosebud community, an artful Corn Circle public art installation, and completed this important Community Lodge. Photo Gallery

South India Project

Launched in 2006, the project brings volunteers to support medical missions to needy communities in southern India. For additional information, contact Flora Johnson

Animal Hospital of Catalina

Catalina Island is home to 3500 residents, and more than 1,000 family pets, as well as native, rare and endemic wildlife including the federally endangered Catalina Island fox. Currently, all veterinary services are provided from a 300-square-foot facility, inadequate to meet minimum standards for compliance. Launched in 2008, the Adhoc Committee for a new Animal Hospital of Catalina teamed with private citizens and the Catalina Humane Society, the Santa Catalina Island Company , the Catalina Island Conservancy and others to raise the necessary funds and secure the site for a new facility, slated to be complete in early 2009. Photo Gallery

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Volunteer Network’s Celebrate Claremont Family Festival Wednesdays during Daylight Savings Time ~ Launches April 29th

Volunteer Network’s Celebrate Claremont Family Festival
Wednesdays during Daylight Savings Time ~ Launches April 29th