An Essay by VISIONS Service Adventures Alumna Darya Alvarez I remember first telling people my plans to travel to Ecuador for the summer, and many of them asked me why I was doing something like that. I thought about this for a long time. I love traveling to some of...
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Travel Tips: VISIONS Alumni Share Their Best Tips from Summer Programs If you've traveled for a VISIONS Service Adventures program before, you understand how much you can learn from a summer away from home. Yes, service projects are at the core. But they're in equal...
Two VISIONS Summers, Two Very Different Cultures
Lizzie Edwards, a high school student and teen volunteer from Portland, Oregon, recently wrapped up a summer service adventure with VISIONS Ecuador & Galapagos. It was her second VISIONS summer, and a world away from her first program in Cambodia. Next up? Myanmar...
PARTNER HIGHLIGHT: GALÁPAGOS NATIONAL PARK
A Glimpse at Ecuador’s First National Park Located 600 miles west of Ecuador lies an infamous group of islands, perhaps some of the most famous in the world, thanks to one Charles Darwin. Discovered in the mid-1500s, one of the first explorers to map these islands...
Spotlight: Bree Wescott on VISIONS Dominican Republic
VISIONS alum Bree Westcott, was recently featured on Glitter Magazine's website about her VISIONS Dominican Republic experience. Here's the interview: Bree Westcott spent a summer in the Dominican Republic (DR) with VISIONS Service Adventures, an organization that...
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...