This summer, VISIONS turns 30. As one of the longest-running international teen service programs around, we’re proud of our age. Over the years we’ve forged deep friendships, completed successful projects and changed lives.
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VISIONS Alums Returning in 2018
Double VISIONS: Participants return for another summer with VISIONS Many of our teens love their VISIONS experience so much they sign up for a second summer (and in some cases, a third or fourth!). Meet a few of our recent alums who are already signed up for VISIONS...
Lakota Food and Values at Standing Rock
Despite the ongoing passionate efforts of the Native American community, conservationists and activists, it appears that the Dakota Access Pipeline is indeed filling with oil that will flow underneath the Mississippi River and traverse the distance to Illinois —...
Thoughts on VISIONS Values
Defining our organization’s values allows everything else to flow from those things; leader interviews and hiring, teen service projects, where we work, who is accepted to our programs, and how we carry ourselves in the field and in the world.
Are you the Right Fit for VISIONS?
It’s a good and fair question, and we do our best to answer it with you. Everyone benefits if your summer program is the right fit for you. If you’re in the right place, happy and fulfilled, that energy will seep into everything you do and everyone you’re with: other...
Summers with Substance
How Summer Programs Can Further Learning Summers with SubstanceHow Summer Programs Can Further Learning Summers with SubstanceAs a parent preparing for my child's upcoming summer vacation, I'm always on edge about the summer learning loss, also known as the infamous...