She is an elegant woman, calm and composed, soft-spoken and thoughtful. When she smiles, her strong wide face lights up, she laughs easily, and her eyes twinkle. Since our first summer on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, Florence Running Wolf and her husband, Mike,...
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...
Blend together plenty of altruism, an abundance of compassion, a heap of dedication, and a whole lot of enthusiasm and what do you get—or rather, who do you get? Nick Smyth. Now a Harvard Junior studying government, Nick is an alumnus of the July 1999 Peru program....
When I was a VISIONS participant in 1994 I taught math and reading to Crow children in Lodge Grass, Montana. I felt great about my experience and still talk about it today. Sometimes I wonder, though… What happened to the children? Could they still use my help?...
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,...
