Molly loves creating outdoor community spaces and making her surroundings closer to nature. She reminisces about her time in BVI with VISIONS in the early 90s, sharing insights about why teen summer programs are so important.
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Spotlights: Alum, Leaders & Partners
Our community has grown with each passing year, beginning in rural Pennsylvania and quickly extending across the globe. In this series, we glimpse into the lives of some of the people who make up the diverse VISIONS community and hear how VISIONS fits into their bigger picture.
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Spotlight: Patrick Fleming, VISIONS Alum
Patrick’s love for the outdoors was fostered in VISIONS Alaska in 2008, and subsequently on a 3-month backpacking trip in Colorado. His love for wilderness shows in his desire to work to make the earth healthier, both in his community and in the job he loves. Learn more about Patrick!
Spotlight: Rebecca Edwards, VISIONS Alum
VISIONS Foundation provides scholarships to teens with financial need to attend summer programs through their partner org, VISIONS Service Adventures. Meet scholarship recipient Rebecca Edwards, a senior from the Blackfeet Reservation, who attended a VISIONS program in the Dominican Republic.
Spotlight: Dov Stucker, Former Program Director
“On paper, I am a teacher, but in reality the job is far more like directing a VISIONS program. It’s a thousand things at once – community-organizing, group-process facilitation, personalization, experiential design, synthesis. I love it.”
Spotlight: Antonia Lloyd-Davies, VISIONS Alum
Antonia, a VISIONS alum and returned Peace Corps Volunteer is now a software engineer in Seattle, WA and plays the fiddle in a bluegrass band. Read more about how her time with VISIONS has influenced her life.
Spotlight: Olivia Coward, VISIONS ALUM
VISIONS alum Olivia Coward has served with us in Montana and Peru, but she didn’t want to stop there. Today, she raises money for our partner nonprofit, VISIONS Foundation, through her online business!