The visions blog

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Students Explore Cultures, Discover Abilities Rebuilding Communities

By Dina Epstein Junior Ronit Ridberg lived in a church this summer. Senior Karen Silberg stayed in a school, and junior Karen Forseter slept in a dilapidated grocery store. All three went on a program run by VISIONS, a community service program in which student...

Gulkana Village’s Summer “Vision”

Gulkana Village had a very special summer! “VISIONS,” a non-profit organization from Pennsylvania, whose primary purpose is to provide teenagers (ages 14-18) with meaningful community service work and cross-cultural experience during a summer residential program,...

Insight in the Works

PABLO – Community service, personal growth and a lively cross-cultural experience spell out the goals of VISIONS International, an unusual youth group spending a month on the Flathead Reservation. Formed as an outgrowth of the Long Acre Farm, a Pennsylvania summer...

VISIONS Crew Likes the Trade-Off

Youths offer their services and get a new world view By Sunni Bradshaw of the Leader PABLO—Changes are occurring around the Mission Valley, thanks to a series of projects contributed by VISIONS International, a group of service-oriented teens from affluent families...