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Guadeloupe

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...

Field Director Attends White House Champions of Change

"What is going to change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past: an idea, and the service of dedicated individuals committed to that idea."     –Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps founder Last month past VISIONS program director (Dr.) Joby Taylor...

Remembering Sargent Shriver, Peace Corps Founder and Service Leader

"What is going to change the world today is the same thing that has changed it in the past: an idea, and the service of dedicated individuals committed to that idea."    –Sargent Shriver Joby Taylor, Director Shriver Peaceworker Center and former VISIONS summer...

In Rwanda a Piece of VISIONS Helps a School Feel Like Family

Monique Schmidt directed VISIONS service programs abroad in Guadeloupe and at home in Montana. A poet, teacher and published author (her memoir Last Moon Dancing is the story of her Peace Corps years in Africa), Monique moved to Rwanda last November tobe Program...