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Katrina Firsthand – One Survivor’s Thoughts
On our last trip to Mississippi in March we stayed in Bay St. Louis, about 25 miles west of Gulfport, in a West Indies-style former school house (circa 1913). The owner, Ellis Anderson—formerly a 20-year resident of the French Quarter—transformed the school into a...
Community Service for Service’s Sake
Community Service for Service Sake With the teen summer programs abroad just around the corner and another season of VISIONS nearly here, we are acutely aware of all the details that go into each program. With so many practical logistics filling our minds, it is...
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...