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Around the World & Around the Web: October 2015
A Look at What We've Been Reading Around the VISIONS Headquarters This Month Each month, we will take a look at some interesting articles that our VISIONS staff and office crew have been passing around. Many pertain to our program sites and communities. Here's what...
Educational Consultant Explores VISIONS Cambodia
International education consultant Sandy Furth featured VISIONS in a recent article for Insights, the newsletter for the Independent Educational Consultant Association (IECA). Sandy visited our Cambodia program site last spring, and talks about her time seeing the...
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...
Be a Teen Without Borders
Announcing the 2016 Season & 28 Years of Teen Summer Service Programs VISIONS Service Adventures has officially launched the 2016 summer season; the program dates have been set, and the online application is now open. A VISIONS summer means closing the textbooks...
Now What?
5 Ways to Keep the VISIONS Spirit Alive Throughout the School Year VISIONS 2015 summer service programs have come to a close, and for the participants who have recently returned to school, the experience might seem like a far-off dream. Heading back to school can be a...
Spotlight: Taylor Burlage Goes to Nicaragua
Experiencing the Nicaragua Summer Service Program Taylor Burlage, a 17-year-old high school senior from Bozeman, Montana, had his first VISIONS experience with us in Nicaragua this summer. Here he explains his favorite parts of the community service program, the...