Each summer, VISIONS participants complete an impressive array of service projects. Below is a list of the work accomplished in each of our sites last summer.

• Built a 20' x 20' Teen Center for Tanacross village on foundation laid by 2006 VISIONS program; milled spruce logs into lumber for floor joists and siding
• Designed, organized, supervised activities day camp for Athabaskan children
• Built two 4' tall x 8' wide shelving units for the Tanacross School

• Installed 44 posts in the ground to complete first phase of construction of a hog shed for a community member
• Built stairs to new access point at Shark's point for the BVI National Parks Trust
• Repaired kennels at the BVI Humane Society
• Built a fence, repaired steps and landscaped the home of Carol Williams
• Installed doors and played with handicapped children at the Rainbow Children's Home
• At St. George's School Repaired showers and applied water sealant to outdoor classroom; painted front facade
• Started construction / restoration of historic home of Michael Leonard; built one stone wall with archway, collected stones and cleaned bricks for continued construction; helped with weeding and harvesting of pineapples and coconuts at Michael's farm,
• Helped lead activities at the East End kids camp
• Oral History Project in partnership with the Department for Social Development, a 10-page book of interviews with island elders
• On neighboring Virgin Gorda painted classrooms and did other chores at St. Mary's school; painted exterior facade and scraped interior ceiling paint of St. Paul's Community Hall

• In the village of Quelonius del Caribe using locally gathered posts and coconut shells constructed a 30' x 120' hatchery habitat for a threatened iguana species; patrolled 1.5 miles of beach nightly for nesting turtles; checked protected hatchery area for baby turtles (tortugitas); weighed and measured newly hatched tortugitas then released them back onto beach
• In the village of Quebrada Grande for the local Salon de Mujeres (Women's Center) mixed concrete and poured the foundation for bathrooms, showers and a food serving counter at the Salon; helped install electricity, including digging a 40' power line trench and assisting the electrician; began work on a sidewalk that will lead from the Salon to neighboring church; for the community's Tilapia farm built a stone retaining wall for a fish pond using local river rock and concrete, cleared one pond of grass and debris; constructed a new trail to improve access in bad weather; assisted in demolition of a damaged roof

• With OK Rediscovery (Carib/Kalinago youth group) cleared and widened Heritage Trail to an herbal garden, dug out dirt steps, spread tarrish and placed logs for the steps; painted decorative stones around garden plant beds; removed detritus/debris from Crayfish River
• Renovated Bataca Community Center by installing windows, support pillars and an overhead beam; cleaned up trash
• At Salybia Preschool built and painted computer desks, built a porch and finished the teachers' bathroom
• Constructed a small kitchen addition for elder Felixia Valmond
• At Kalinago Barana Autê (Kalinago Cultural Village by the sea) painted security bars and picnic tables; power washed steps; weeded and planted flowers; trail work

• Construction of a block and mortar addition-three new classrooms-to school built by VISIONS in 2006 working with local maestros and under the supervision of Henri Done and Santos Ramos; began construction of a one-room dental clinic: cut rebar, mixed cement, and transferred cinder blocks, dug trenches and laid foundation of the one-room office behind the classrooms
• Two murals, including a world map, were planned, drawn and painted on façade of San Luis school
• Organized and supervised, with San Luis teenagers, Campamento de Juveniles for over 125 children ages 4 to 13, including English instruction, sports, arts and crafts and games.

• On the Galapagos Islands eradicated blackberry bushes (non-native invasive species) in the area of Lago Junca and at the La Galapaguera; worked for the park service at the visitor center and by doing trail work at Tijeretas; revitalized a preschool (INFA) playground by building 16' (length) swing set, constructing tire swings and tire tunnels
• In the mainland mountain village of Chaupiloma helped continue construction of a preschool: added rafters to the roof, applied skim-coat to interior block walls; worked in the granja (farm) cleaning up the pig sty, weeding in the greenhouse, clearing the entrance gate to the community, organizing the bodega (storage house); assisted numerous families in the community with everyday chores; worked in the guardaria with the children by playing games and helping to prepare meals

• Installed a concrete path and steps between two shaded areas at Grand Ravin Park
• Built a swing set and two benches at the local soccer stadium, repaired a third bench
• Built and painted four picnic tables
• Assisted Service Technique with beautification and clean-up projects
• Helped organize and supervise English lessons for local teens and elementary school students

• For the Blackfeet Land Trust worked with Dale Pepion at Flat Iron Ranch; boarded up the old hotel building; replaced windows, doors, and walls in ranch buildings; boarded up windows, repaired wind-damaged roof and fencing; painted a deck, ramp, and trim and stained a fence; built a sign and a trash can holder; accomplished yard work at the Ernie Pepion Art of Healing Center
• Constructed a 20' x 20' pole barn for Rice and Omi Crawford
• Assisted preparations for a sun dance hosted by Tom and Floy Crawford; collected the trees, brush, willows for lodge construction; dug the holes; prepared the grounds; helped prepare and serve food for guests
• Collected winter wood with Tom Crawford to use in his sweat lodge
• Helped with preparations for Heart Butte Indian Days Pow Wow
• Assisted Blackfeet Housing Department in neighborhood clean-up with Robin Bird, Frank Rides at the Door and local youth
• For Browning Head Start replaced all playground wood handrails with plastic Trek material to prevent splinters; lowered monkey bars and a zip line for smaller children; sanded and painted playground structure support poles with Wayne Bull Calf
• For Heart Butte Head Start repaired wind-damaged fence, built two picnic tables, weeded and cleaned-up yard
• At the Heart Butte Senior Center painted the bathroom, built new outside steps and handrail, replaced screen door; painted picnic tables and barbecue pits; picked up trash and mowed overgrown picnic area built by VISIONS in 1995; painted entry way and dining area with guidance from Carmen Marceau

• Constructed a 50' arched wooden walking bridge over Turkey Creek, connecting one side of an extensive nature trail network with the other; built two 5' x 10' fishing decks to be placed along the creek
• Painted images and inspirational quotes on all walls of a large activity room in the Good Deeds Community Center; gathered up and cleaned boxes of books and transferred them from the old Good Deeds Center to the new one
• Painted exterior of Deacon Sam Williams' house
• For Mississippi Audubon Society in Pascagoula disassembled old decking and saved lumber for later use; dug marsh channels
• Repaired door on outdoor classroom built by VISIONS Mississippi 2006 for the North Gulfport Middle School
• For the North Gulfport Community Land Trust distributed newsletters door-to-door

• With AVODEC, a Jinotega-based NGO and local projects partner, assisted construction of 10 compost latrines for the village of Las Tejeras; delivered bricks, rocks, sand, concrete, and aluminum panels to the village; prepared materials for mortar construction
• With AVODEC and the communities of Chauite Grande and Sigle II, assisted with the construction of one section of a 25 km potable water system; dug trenches, removed boulders, prepared the trenches for pipe

• For the community of Amantoy built an adobe PRONOEI (preschool) with local maestros Ismael and Julio and others
• Completed construction of a ceramics classroom for rural Yana Huara's high school working with maestros Ishmael and Yerson and other community members: finished the classroom and the roof (made of logs, bamboo, ceramic tiles, and mud), leveled the floor and laid down concrete, installed a sidewalk around the classroom, and plastered the interior and exterior of the school
• Constructed a ceramics oven for the classroom: leveled out the foundation, helped cut and lay ceramic block and mud to create a large, fully functional dome-like oven for firing of ceramics pieces
• With ProPeru, a Sacred Valley-based development/educational program for college students, assembled and installed cocinas mejoradas (smokeless stoves) in the homes of community members
• Assisted artisans and farmers in talleres - weaving, bee keeping, pottery-making, and more