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Choosing a Summer Program: Go Abroad or Stay in the U.S.?
Teen Service Programs can be Rewarding Right Here at Home An annual rite for many teens—as much as learning how to drive or taking final exams—is a question kids ask each other this time of year: "What are you doing this summer?" For many teenagers, a summer youth...
Encouraging the Growth of a Global Citizen for Teens
The following article by VISIONS Director, Katherine Dayton, was published in "Multibriefs," an online news source.Any educator who works with middle school and high school students knows how challenging it can be to understand exactly what kids are going...
Area Teenager Volunteers in Alaskan Village
February 6, 2015 - Bozeman, Montana - In 2014, Ian Berkey, a Wyckoff area resident, spent a month of summer vacation in a remote Alaska native village with VISIONS Service Adventures, an international community service based adventure travel program. Berkey was part...
Spotlight: VISIONS Leader & Director Shawn O’Bryant
The Adventures of a Former VISIONS Teen Leader Shawn O’Bryant was a VISIONS Summer Leader and Director in Ecuador & the Galápagos from 2011-2013. Like many of our amazingly talented staffers, Shawn has been traveling, adventuring, and working hard to make his...
Spotlight: Jezrel Sabaduquia, VISIONS Blackfeet 2013
Teen Volunteer Experiences a New Culture Within the U.S. Jezrel participated in the VISIONS Montana Blackfeet program in the summer of 2013, and like so many of our high school volunteers, he’s up to amazing things these days, much of which revolve around community...
Spotlight: Andrew Goodrum
One Teen Volunteer, Four Amazing Summers Andrew Goodrum has participated in four very different VISIONS community programs over his high school years. By experiencing different locations each summer, this teen has been fully immersed in radically diverse...