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Canada, and USA volunteering trip
Hello everyone! I just wanted to post this up. Did you know that you can volunteer your time to help give back to the communities you travel through?
The Muskoka Foundation is a non-profit NGO that runs volunteer projects for disadvantaged people here in the USA and Canada, as well as in several countries on four other continents around the world. The article below was recently featured in the 'Overland News' and I wanted to pass it along. The foundation has programs in Photography, IT, small business, entrepreneurship, music, athletics and more! These programs can be run at any of nine different locations in the USA and Canada alone. If you, or anyone you know is planning a trip through the USA or Canada, please send me an e-mail at brian@themuskokafoundation.org and let us see if we have a worth while project for you. Quote:
-------- Brian C. Traveler Relations 00+1+ (347) 470-HOPE The Muskoka Foundation - Volunteer Programs For Overland Travelers "Use what you know, to do good as you go." www.TheMuskokafoundation.org Follow us on Twitter: @DoGoodAsYouGo |
Here are some of the photos that have been taken by our youth photography program students!
Remember, these kids just want to learn what you already know! No one will make money on this, we only exchange knowledge and a chance to give back to the communities we are already going to! http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ession2018.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ession2004.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ession2003.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ynnday1025.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...iceday1003.jpg So why not, come and inspire some wonderful youth, help them to see the beauty in nature, and enjoy the world around them a little more through photography! We supply the curriculum, the cameras, and the students, all you need to do is spend a little of your hard earned time and Use What You Know To Do Good As You Go! ALSO DON'T FORGET!!! We have one of these partner communities all around the USA and Canada, likely there is one within just a few days ride/drive for you! You can spend some time there this summer, and enjoy some of the wonderful trails while you are there! HOW Is that so? Well the program is set up for YOU to enjoy! You spend half the day teaching, and the rest of the time wheeling, hiking, shopping with your spouse, whatever!! If you want to get involved just check out the web page, and click the "Get Involved" link! |
Motorcycles & Doing Good
You might find these pages helpful:
Motorcycles in Development / Aid / Relief & Volunteer Efforts Motorcycles in Development / Aid / Relief & Volunteer Efforts This isn't so much about volunteers going to developing countries and using motorcycles for relief efforts; rather, these efforts are more about local people being trained to ride and service motorcycles themselves as a part of such efforts, which not only helps get aid, including medicine, where it needs to go, but also helps create small businesses. At the bottom of the page is advice for individuals and small groups who want to use their motorcycles and travels to help others. And transire benefaciendo "to travel along while doing good." transire benefaciendo - travel and do good Advice for those that want to travel and help others and/or help the environment, including by motorcycle. Includes how to be a "good" tourist, advice for doing "good" on vacation in a developing country, volunteer vacation programs, volunteering on your own abroad (outside of a formal program) and where to find long-term opportunities for highly-skilled people? |
Here are some new photos from our photo contest we have been running. Remember these photos are all taken by Youth, who are learning from outdoors enthusiasts like yourselves, who simply have taken some time to volunteer their skills to teach those who do not have access to the knowledge we all already possess!
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ession2021.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ethday1027.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ession2002.jpg http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/...ineday1010.jpg We have need of your skills, so why not volunteer your time to USE WHAT YOU KNOW TO DO GOOD AS YOU GO? -------- Brian C. Traveler Relations 00+1+ (347) 470-HOPE The Muskoka Foundation - Volunteer Programs For Overland Travelers "Use what you know, to do good as you go." The Muskoka Foundation | Making Change Makers Follow us on Twitter: @DoGoodAsYouGo |
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Thanks Jayne, I will check those out right now! Regards, Brian -------- Brian C. Traveler Relations 00+1+ (347) 470-HOPE The Muskoka Foundation - Volunteer Programs For Overland Travelers "Use what you know, to do good as you go." The Muskoka Foundation | Making Change Makers Follow us on Twitter: @DoGoodAsYouGo |
Keeping kids safe?
I'll be sure to mention your somewhere on my web site - but I'm curious about one thing: How do you ensure the kids are kept safe when interacting with the volunteers? Not so much looking for criminal background checks of volunteers but more policies and procedures - do you ensure traveling volunteers are never left alone with children, unsupervised, that kids never give volunteers their contact info (full names, physical address, phone number, email), etc.?
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