Many of you made donations this past year to help with a home rebuild for Miss Carol, our cook of 25 years in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Carol has been our cook for teen volunteers every summer, but also a “house mom” and close friend. She gets to know our...
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A Day in the Life of VISIONS
A Look at a Typical Summer Day What’s a typical day like on a VISIONS summer program? It’s a question we get often. You might wake up to a chorus of birds in the mountains of Nicaragua, to a frosted landscape by the Wrangell Mountains in Alaska, to merengue music and...
Glitter Magazine Features VISIONS Director
The following is an article from "Glitter Magazine" that spotlighted VISIONS Director, Katherine Dayton, for the publication's "Real People" feature. REAL PEOPLE: Katherine Dayton, Executive Director of VISIONS Service Adventures January 16, 2015 Glitter Magazine is...
Top 10 Reasons to be a Serial VISIONary
It’s time, once again, to make those summer plans! Have you thought about another VISIONS summer? Although the first VISIONS summer often feels like a life changing experience that can’t be repeated, many teen volunteers return for a second, third, and even fourth...
Area Teenager Volunteers in Alaskan Village
February 6, 2015 - Bozeman, Montana - In 2014, Ian Berkey, a Wyckoff area resident, spent a month of summer vacation in a remote Alaska native village with VISIONS Service Adventures, an international community service based adventure travel program. Berkey was part...
The Miss Carol Fund
Summer Cook for Teen Volunteers Since 1992 Ask any VISIONS British Virgin Islands (BVI) alum from the past 22 years about the local characters who made a lasting impression on them, and most are sure to mention Carol Williams (Miss Carol). This bubbly, warm spirited,...