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Continuing to Make a Difference
We never stop being awed and inspired when VISIONS summer volunteer participants continue serving after their teenage volunteer programs abroad end. Last season two teen alumni from the Dominican Republic (DR) July and August, respectively, Samantha Schindelheim and...
Long Island Paper Features VISIONS Teen Volunteer
The following article was published by "Newsday," a Long Island, New York, news source. Teen Volunteers Do a World of Good By Mary Ellen Pereira "There's nothing like helping a person that you'll never meet again," Dennis McElhone said. "It's really fulfilling....
Community Partner in Peru: Nica Jara
Think of VISIONS Peru and Nico Jara comes immediately to mind, so inseparable is Nico and VISIONS Peru. Nico (pictured above, leading the group) was our driver the first summer in 1999. But from the start his role was so much more for he freely labored with us every...
Community Service in the Gulf Coast of Mississippi
This past summer VISIONS took 26 students to the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The program enrollment was one more than our maximum limit of 25. In fact, VISIONS Mississippi was one of the first programs to fill last year, and as late as May we were turning away interested...
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...