The following is an excerpt from a Montana Public Radio interview with VISIONS Director Katherine Dayton What is your role in the program? One of my primary responsibilities is to oversee our international teen service programs in 14 locations around the world. This...
We take our service projects seriously, it’s true. But we take our play equally (and pretty darned) seriously, too. The places VISIONS groups go offer splendid scenery, geography, wildlife and history. Always there’s time, and every opportunity made, to...
Since 2004 South Kent has offered students a four-week opportunity for service work and cross-cultural immersion during the summer. Fourth and fifth form students compete for the annual $3,400 scholarships to participate in the acclaimed VISIONS summer...
Excerpt— VISIONS Service Adventures (406-551-4423; visionsserviceadventures.com) of Bozeman, MT, operates three domestic service programs in addition to those around the globe. Domestic programs are three or four weeks long. One work and residence program is in Turkey...
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...
Volunteer programs given them the opportunity to do good away from home. By Susan Garland The summer after her sophomore year in high school, Jaclyn Feldman left her comfortable home in a Washington suburb to spend a month in Belize. But instead of lolling around the...
Some of the students who join our various teams for each teen summer program abroad are returning VISIONS participants. It is not uncommon for a student to participate in two programs with us. We welcome returning participants because they bring a wealth of experience...
“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...
