Dig deeper into stories of friendships, community and projects.
Our community has grown with each passing year, beginning in rural Pennsylvania and quickly extending across the globe. In this series, we glimpse into the lives of some of the people who make up the diverse VISIONS community and hear how VISIONS fits into their bigger picture.
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Patrick’s love for the outdoors was fostered in VISIONS Alaska in 2008, and subsequently on a 3-month backpacking trip in Colorado. His love for wilderness shows in his desire to work to make the earth healthier, both in his community and in the job he loves. Learn more about Patrick!
VISIONS Foundation provides scholarships to teens with financial need to attend summer programs through their partner org, VISIONS Service Adventures. Meet scholarship recipient Rebecca Edwards, a senior from the Blackfeet Reservation, who attended a VISIONS program in the Dominican Republic.
“On paper, I am a teacher, but in reality the job is far more like directing a VISIONS program. It’s a thousand things at once – community-organizing, group-process facilitation, personalization, experiential design, synthesis. I love it.”
Antonia, a VISIONS alum and returned Peace Corps Volunteer is now a software engineer in Seattle, WA and plays the fiddle in a bluegrass band. Read more about how her time with VISIONS has influenced her life.
VISIONS alum Olivia Coward has served with us in Montana and Peru, but she didn’t want to stop there. Today, she raises money for our partner nonprofit, VISIONS Foundation, through her online business!
Chazz has ridden bareback since he was only five years old and today has numerous competitive wins under his belt, including the renowned Gold Cup Indian Relay Championship at Emerald Downs.
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