This past summer VISIONS took 26 students to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The program enrollment was one more than our maximum limit of 25. In fact, VISIONS Mississippi was one of the first programs to fill last year, and as late as May we were turning away interested...
There are summer camps—and then there are summer experiences. Is your kid ready for a skill-expanding adventure? By Erika Rasmusson Janes Mention the word “camp” and most parents have images of canoe rides and singing “Kumbaya” around the campfire. Those...
Blend together plenty of altruism, an abundance of compassion, a heap of dedication, and a whole lot of enthusiasm and what do you get—or rather, who do you get? Nick Smyth. Now a Harvard Junior studying government, Nick is an alumnus of the July 1999 Peru program....
We always knew our staff leaders were special. Now entire islands and sweeping valleys are celebrating them, too! Two of our dearest staff are to be honored in two very different places in the Western Hemisphere. Rich Webb founded and directed VISIONS Peru program; he...
“We can barely keep up with it” said Kathy Stewart, the director of family trips at Butterfleld & Robinson, when asked about demand for the trips she organizes. Pamela Lassers of Abercrombie & Kent, reports that A&K has seen a 30 percent...
“Would anyone believe what I have found?” -Hiram Bingham, American explorer and discoverer of Macchu Picchu Usually, the impetus for a new VISIONS program site is the pull on someone’s heartstrings. A staff member has deep ties to a place and its culture, and...
