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When You Visit Galápagos, Leave Only Footprints
This article was origianlly written and published by The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands A visit to Galapagos is an experience you will never forget. Most visitors know that they will never in their lives see another place of such extraordinary...
Spotlight on the Sanford Family in Dominica
The Sanford Family – Napolean, Clarencia, Claudia, Mauricia, Provin, and Suzan The Sanford family has been a constant source of support and friendship on our Dominica teenage volunteer program abroad in the Carib Territory since our first summer in 1996. The Sanford’s...
Calling All VISIONS Alumni
Hello, VISIONS alumni! Many of you have stayed in contact over the years with us and with your trip mates. Some of you even have returned to VISIONS to work as staffers. We love hearing what you are up to, what you have been doing since your summers with us, and in...
Rebuilding in the Dominican Republic
In the last 12 months, Mother Nature has made the world pay attention to and respect her power. While the work accomplished by VISIONS participants is substantial, rarely does it occur in such a dramatic context as last July in the Dominican Republic. VISIONS’s...
The Broader VISIONS
There are quiet ways that VISIONS breathes life into its mission apart from the work that our participants achieve in the youth summer programs, the financial aid awarded annually (to approximately 8%-10% of summer participants), and the spaces we make on a few of our...
Camp Curious
There are summer camps—and then there are summer experiences. Is your kid ready for a skill-expanding adventure? By Erika Rasmusson Janes Mention the word “camp” and most parents have images of canoe rides and singing "Kumbaya" around the campfire. Those traditional...