Among teen community service programs, VISIONS can be distinguished by a few ongoing, fundamentally integrated elements. One is the ambition of our community service projects for teens. Historically, the sophistication of VISIONS projects is impressive, specifically,...
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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...
Tortola Volunteer Memories
Hello, Visions! I was on the Tortola trip last summer (2008), and after reading [the December 2008] newsletter I just wanted to share an experience that I believe will stay with me for many years. One of our work projects in Tortola was building a small, one-room...
Is It Real? The Service Work…
A question we're often asked is, how serious, how authentic, are the service projects VISIONS undertakes? Is it 'real' service? Our archives from 1989 to last summer overflow with stories that tell of the impact VISIONS projects have had on communities and...
South Kent Students Remember VISIONS Summers
Two VISIONS participants who were on two different programs last summer wrote in detail about their experiences in their school magazine. Blake Taylor was in Peru and Patrick Fleming in Alaska. Blake and Patrick both attend South Kent School, a college preparatory...
Student Volunteer Reflects on Three VISIONS Summers
The numbers of students who return for a 2nd and even 3rd VISIONS summer have grown steadily over the years. In October we received an email out of the blue that made our day from one such participant. Sylvia Murray, a veteran of three different VISIONS programs...