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VISIONS Staff to be Honored in Festivals
We always knew our staff leaders were special. Now entire islands and sweeping valleys are celebrating them, too! Two of our dearest staff are to be honored in two very different places in the Western Hemisphere. Rich Webb founded and directed VISIONS Peru program; he...
Traveling Teen
"We can barely keep up with it" said Kathy Stewart, the director of family trips at Butterfleld & Robinson, when asked about demand for the trips she organizes. Pamela Lassers of Abercrombie & Kent, reports that A&K has seen a 30 percent increase in family...
Travel and Adventure Reflections from a Program Leader
By Tim Parsons Thoughts of past programs tend to re-surface this time of year. Simple tasks such as making a list of outdoor supplies for Alaska trigger memories of mammoth dragonflies, crampons and ice axes, the faces of Athabaskans and participants. Passing a mango...
Volunteer in the Dominican Republic
By Jessie Feller The first thing I noticed when I stepped off the plane in Santo Domingo was the incredible noise. When visitors arrive in the Dominican Republic they are met by their entire extended family. Boom boxes play full blast and everyone dances and laughs...
Guadeloupe’s Amer-Indian Festival
Joby Taylor, Guadeloupe program director, was invited by Guadeloupe's Ministry of Culture to attend the island’s annual international Amer-Indian Celebration in April. Trois Rivieres, VISIONS host community for the past three summers, is an important archeological...
Where Are They Now? Volunteer Updates…
Many participants tell us that their VISIONS summers were life-changing. Indeed, after their summer many continue to make a difference in their home communities, and after that in their college communities. Every year we hear from and about VISIONS alumni. Here is an...