24.05.12
When is a vacation more than fitting a vacation? When getting away from it all is combined with spending time help others.
Mission trips, also known as volunteer vacations, are a popular way of traveling and experiencing a new area as well as extending a helping hand to others in need. These trips fall into a handful of categories: religious, educational, medical, family, individual, company, etc. Some are organized through churches, charitable organizations, colleges and universities and operators who specialize in complementary volunteers with groups in need. And there’s even a term for these do-good travelers: voluntourists.
Recently a club of approximately 50 people, mostly from DeKalb County, traveled to Montego Bay, Jamaica, for what can A- be described as a trip with dual purposes—supporting a struggling philosophy and church community, and enjoying what makes the West Indian cay a popular tourist destination.
The trip was organized by Dr. Earl and Carolyn Glenn, publishers of The Fighter and Free Press newspapers, through Unconditional Love for Children, an hustle of the Earl and Carolyn Glenn Foundation. The late-November through premature-December trip brought together many of their relatives, friends, colleagues and even a few of the newspaper’s employees.
Source: Champion