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11/18/2024
My book, Discovering More, is now almost complete! It’s in the final stages of editing and design, and I’m hopeful that it will be published in ebook form by Thanksgiving. Then, I plan to have it available in hardcover, in the first week of December. It’s been a long process, and I’m excited that it’s this close to publication.
Didn’t know I was writing a book? It’s a memoir, of sorts, filled with lots of stories from the many international volunteer adventures that I’ve been privileged to be a part of over the past nearly four decades. It includes lots of the volunteers I’ve worked with, but the focus is primarily on the strong and resilient people living with hardship, trauma, poverty, and disease in some of the most beautiful places on earth.
07/21/2024
To all of you who posted birthday wishes on my page this weekend (or thought about doing so), I am thoroughly grateful. I am humbled by all of your sentiments and feel truly blessed. Thank you all!
01/27/2024
Starting to make our flight reservations now - Santiago de Cuba is on the horizon. If you'd like to join us, now is the time to contact me. It's so enjoyable to do good things! Schedule your time now for March 9-17.
01/02/2024
Today is January 2nd – the second day of 2024! Like me, I’m sure everyone else has been busy sorting out all the resolutions we’ve made, so let’s get busy putting them into action.
For the first order of business, contact me right away to save your space on our Cuba Project trip, March 8 – 17, 2024. We’ll be able to help the Cuban people a lot, and just being there will be fascinating. It is a perfectly legal trip, according to the US State Department, as we will be there to support the Cuban People. There is some paperwork for us to do in preparation, so we need to get started on that soon. This is not the project that you want to wait until the last minute to join.
We will have other projects in later months this year that I’ll post soon.
Do you have ideas for other interesting projects? Share your ideas for projects, locations, and people with me and let’s get busy helping people throughout the world!
12/25/2023
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years!
We are excited to announce our first 2024 project, that gets underway on March 8. We will be going to a city in southeastern Cuba (Santiago de Cuba) under the “Support for the Cuban People” general license. No special skills will be required, just a reasonable command of the English language. Our tasks there will be to spend time with students at a private university who are trying to learn to be proficient in English. We will provide a great resource for them, as they will be able to practice and hone their skills by speaking with us. We won’t need lesson plans or teaching credentials since we’ll simply be having relaxed conversations with them in English – on topics that they will choose.
We also hope to help with some chores at some privately owned coffee farms during the week we will be there.
The duration of the project will be just one week, so we will be returning home on March 17th.
We expect the total cost to be US$2,000 per person, plus air fare and insurance.
So… polish up your grammar and pack your bags! We’re ready for you to join us.
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Volunteer Voyages LLC is an organization offering all-inclusive 10-14 day trips to various parts of the world. The primary focus of each trip for you is to immerse yourself into a meaningful project by volunteering your hands, hearts and time. The first half or so of the trip is spent doing volunteer work and working closely to the locals in need, and the second half of the trip is devoted to sightseeing, enjoying what the destination has to offer, and learning about the culture and history that brought these people to their present state.
Each trip and each project is unique. We design our projects in partnership with the communities we serve. We sit down with the leaders of the groups – mayors, community leaders, teachers, even tribal chiefs. We first explain that we are not Santa Clause, so we aren’t going to simply give the community gifts and be done with our involvement. We expect much more. We ask them about the hopes, aspirations, and needs of the entire community. What they would like to learn, what their biggest obstacles to advancement are, and what skills they need to develop, are all on our question list. Together, we formulate a plan of action for our involvement. A plan that focuses on the whole community, that is good for as many as possible, and that is sustainable. Once those parameters have been established, we jointly design the project. Then, when our volunteers arrive they are greeted with open arms… and open hearts.
It doesn’t stop there. We treat each volunteer as if it is your first trip out of your home country. We don’t want you to be uncomfortable, so we stay in air-conditioned hotels (yes, even along the Amazon River) and eat in safe, comfortable restaurants. We travel in safe vans, busses, boats, tuk-tuks (three wheeled motorcycle-powered contraptions that are used everywhere we go), and even (sometimes) airplanes, and use professionally trained guides for the tours. But if you’d rather rough it… we can arrange that, too.
We have provided multiple services projects in past trips that include (but are not limited to);
Medical assistance & health education
English-speaking instruction
Alternative methods of income-generating activities
