1. What inspired you to join VISIONS?
To have the opportunity to work alongside people who wish to make an impact in their world
2. What experiences have shaped your passion for community service and youth development?
Working at youth camps.
3. What is your favorite achievement?
Organizing and getting enough funding to run a camp for people with Down Syndrome.
4. What is your favorite place you’ve traveled?
El Chorro in Tarija – Bolivia, and Wilson’s Prom (Wilson’s Promontory National Park) in Australia.
5. What is the best advice you’ve received?
Do what you do with love!
6. What do you hope to accomplish this summer?
Get to know and learn from new people!
7. If you had to give one piece of advice or words of encouragement to someone on their first VISIONS experience, what would it be?
Enjoy every minute!
Recent Blog Posts
Spotlight: Greg Rolland, VISIONS Leader Alum
Greg’s passion for the outdoors and cross-cultural service culminated in becoming a leader on our very first Alaska summer program in 1995. He looks back on the early days, projects they completed and people he met.
Looking Back on Service Projects of Significant Impact
Looking back on projects of significant impact: In the Dominican Republic, VISIONS teen volunteers, their leaders and community members start construction on a new home… just in time
Your Impact Lives On
Since our inception in 1988, VISIONS continues to offer some of the best volunteer opportunities for high school students there are. Projects are ambitions and real, and have an impact that lasts on the community. And you—our alum—are part of that legacy.
Spotlight: Heather Smarick, VISIONS alum
Heather Smarick finished a VISIONS program in the Dominican Republic last summer, and recalls learning to mix and pour cement for two classroom’s foundations, playing cards with local kids, and making wonderful friends.