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Community Service Trip to Panama - 13-15 yr olds
I am recruiting teens for a short term community service trip to Panama that I will chaperoning next summer from July 8-23. This is a wonderful opportunity for our younger teens to get involved in a worthwhile project, while getting a taste of an international experience. AFS-USA is the sponsoring organization, a non-profit with roots in the high school foreign exchange venue. We will be all staying in the same town; each student will be hosted by a local family. Mornings will be spent fixing up a primary school and afternoons and evenings spent on cultural activities with our host families and community. At the end of the trip, we'll be taken on a sightseeing trip to visit the Panama Canal, an indigenous village and a spectacular national park.
I have 5 kids so far who are interested (all EO Smith kids), but I need six in order to make the minimum required for the trip to occur. If anyone is interested, please contact me ASAP as the deadline is coming up on Jan. 5th. First deposit isn't due until March 1st but the pre-application is due on the 4th of January with a $25 deposit.
Although the five kids I have recruited thus far are all from EO Smith, the trip is open to anyone living in our area team geography, which includes the entire state of CT as well as Western MA, so if you know of anyone else who may be interested, please have them contact me soon! Email is best - barbara@caseylight.com
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I just found out that they've extended the deadline on this. You can still apply if interested. Contact me for more details! We have 5 kids so far going and we're looking for a few more! Email me at barbara@caseylight.com
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