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2020 Teen Service Programs

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Alaska

25 DAYS
June 14 – July 8

90 Service Hours
$5950

British Virgin Islands 1

19 DAYS
June 27 – July 15

70 Service Hours
$4950

British Virgin Islands 2

12 DAYS
July 19 – July 30

40 Service Hours
$3650

Dominican Republic 1

19 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
June 26 – July 14

70 Service Hours
$4750

Dominican Republic 2

12 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
July 18 – July 29

40 Service Hours
$3350

Galapagos 1

19 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
June 16 – July 4

70 Service Hours
$5950

Galapagos 2

19 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
July 9 – July 27

70 Service Hours
$5950

Guadeloupe 1

15 DAYS
French Immersion
June 13 – June 27

50 Service Hours
$4050

Guadeloupe 2

22 DAYS
French Immersion
July 4 – July 25

75 Service Hours
$5750

Montana Blackfeet (Middle School)

10 DAYS
June 15 – June 24

35 Service Hours
$3150

Montana Blackfeet 1

25 DAYS
June 28 – July 22

90 Service Hours
$5950

Montana Blackfeet 2

15 DAYS
July 27 – August 10

50 Service Hours
$3850

Montana Northern Cheyenne

15 DAYS
June 26 – July 10

50 Service Hours
$3850

Peru 1

15 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
June 10 – June 24

50 Service Hours
$3850

Peru 2

21 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
June 29 – July 19

70 Service Hours
$5250

Peru 3

15 DAYS
Spanish Immersion
July 24 – August 7

50 Service Hours
$3850

Destination	Language	Dates (2020)	Duration	Service Hours	Tuition
Alaska	English	06/14 - 07/08	25 Days	90	$5950	APPLY
British Virgin Islands 1	English	06/27 - 07/15	19 Days	70	$4950	APPLY
British Virgin Islands 2	English	07/19 - 07/30	12 Days	40	$3650	APPLY
Dominican Republic 1	Spanish	06/26 - 07/14	19 Days	70	$4750	APPLY
Dominican Republic 2	Spanish	07/18 - 07/29	12 Days	40	$3350	APPLY
Galapagos 1	Spanish	06/16 - 07/04	19 Days	70	$5950	APPLY
Galapagos 2	Spanish	07/09 - 07/27	19 Days	70	$5950	APPLY
Guadeloupe 1	French	06/13 - 06/27	15 Days	50	$4050	APPLY
Guadeloupe 2	French	07/04 - 07/25	22 Days	75	$5750	APPLY
Montana Blackfeet (Middle School)	English	06/15 - 06/24	10 Days	35	$3150	APPLY
Montana Blackfeet 1	English	06/28 - 07/22	25 Days	90	$5950	APPLY
Montana Blackfeet 2	English	07/27 - 08/10	15 Days	50	$3850	APPLY
Montana Northern Cheyenne	English	06/26 - 07/10	15 Days	50	$3850	APPLY
Peru 1	Spanish	06/10 - 06/24	15 Days	50	$3850	APPLY
Peru 2	Spanish	06/29 - 07/19	21 Days	75	$5250	APPLY
Peru 3	Spanish	07/24 - 08/07	15 Days	50	$3850	APPLY


Alaska	Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Home renovations, build community structures, and also run a small day camp for local kids.	Live in a school in small Athabascan village. Traditional steam baths, local lore from elders, fishing with community friends, beading, and native crafts.	Overnight backpacking, ice climbing, hikes, Alaskan wildlife, canoeing, visit to popular tourist town of McCarthy.
British Virgin Islands	Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Build community structures and do home renovations, along with environmental projects and some work with kids.	Live in a community center in neighborhood overlooking the sea. Carnival festivities, Caribbean cooking lessons, Rasta guest speaker, steel drum lessons.	SCUBA diving, snorkeling, swimming, hiking, exploring Road Town & island of Virgin Gorda.
Dominican Republic	Masonry construction with cinder-block and mortar. Build schools, community centers, and homes in urban neighborhoods. Run day camp for local children.	Live in a rented home in lively Dominican neighborhood. Colonial Zone history tour, artisan markets, dance lessons, baseball games, daily Spanish speaking.	Weekend in Dominican Alps, beach time, swimming, cave tour, city excursions, discotheque night.
Galapagos	Permaculture farming and carpentry. Plant fruit trees and other crops and build tent platforms. Clean up plastic from local beaches and volunteer at a nearby school.	Live on a permaculture farm in the highlands of Santa Cruz Island. Artisan workshops, dance lessons, daily Spanish speaking.	Excursions to Floreana and North Seymour Islands, hikes on Santa Cruz, Quito Colonial Zone, snorkeling.
Guadeloupe	Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Improve school facilities and community parks, environmental projects, trail work, and run day camp for local children.	Live in a community center in island town. Day stays with families, island history tour, Zouk and Gwoka dancing and drumming, cooking lessons, daily French speaking.	Day trip on Basse-Terre island, volcano hike, visit Grand Marché, snorkeling, swimming, island hikes, ferry rides.
Montana Blackfeet	Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Build playgrounds and community structures, major home renovations for elders, some environmental projects.	Live at a ranch outside town of Browning. Pow wow with dancing and drumming, sweat lodge, guest speakers, teepees at the Sundance, native crafts with artisans.	Overnight backpacking trip, Glacier Park visits, horseback riding, lake swimming, Rocky Mountain wildlife.
Montana Northern Cheyenne	Carpentry with lumber and power tools. Build community structures, playgrounds, handicap ramps, serve meals at Senior Center, and run day camp for kids.	Live in a school in reservation town of Lame Deer. Pow wow with dancing and drumming, sweat lodge, interviews with elders, buffalo herds, visit Big Horn Battlefield.	Overnight camping trip, horseback riding, day hikes, native plants, river swimming, rural county fair, mining town of Colstrip.
Peru	Masonry construction with cinder-block or adobe and mortar. Build new schools and additions to existing schools, along with large irrigation projects with rural farmers.	Live in a rented home in a small town in Sacred Valley. Day stays with families, outdoor food markets, artisan workshops, cooking lessons, daily Spanish speaking.	Weekend at Machu Picchu, scenic hikes to ruins and sites, visits to Cuzco, Plaza de Armas, Maras salt mines.

PROGRAM Highlights

One leader to every four or five students sets VISIONS apart among service summer programs for teens.
In addition to our summer programs for high school students, we offer one middle school summer program.
14-year-olds may choose between our middle school or high school summer programs.
The average age of our high school participants is 16, but we receive kids of all high school ages, including a few in the summer of graduation.
Most participants attend on their own, and no more than two friends can attend the same program together.
VISIONS has worked in most of our sites for more than 20 years, and local organizations choose the projects.
Language immersion programs longer than 15 days require two years of language study.