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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to volunteer on an Indian Reservation? A young team member reflects on service-learning as a volunteer on the Blackfeet Reservation in Montana. Highlights from the team journal: What we saw: A girl riding a horse bareback Glorious Glacier Park Lots of completed puzzles at Eagle Shield Housing An oddly few number of […]
Chenin Ryan is a candidate for the Physiology and Biophysics Master’s program at Georgetown University. She plans to go to medical school after she graduates and dedicate her career to serving Native American communities. But before doing so, she wanted to get to know their people and struggles better. So she served with Global Volunteers at the […]
Global Volunteers team members often have the opportunity to participate in a traditional Sweat Lodge ceremony. It’s a unique experience for most non-Indians, who may have only heard about this practice in cultural lore. Many volunteers try a few “rounds” inside the lodge around hot rocks that are doused with water while prayers and chants are […]
Journal by Irene, Montana Blackfeet Reservation Volunteer. Today on the Blackfeet Reservation some volunteers started the morning with exercise, while others stayed back to shower and make lunches. Shortly thereafter, we headed out to the elementary school for the Carol White summer recreation program. Most of our volunteer team stayed there for the day, and a few others […]
by Barbara Gironda Marcel Proust said, “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but seeing with new eyes.” I thought of these words often as I looked at the beautiful Montana Mountains. It has been 27 years since I ventured to Glacier National Park as a recent college graduate, eager to start […]
Linda Roberts, a volunteer spirited transgender (MTF) from Florida, spent a week of service in Montana with Global Volunteers. Driven by her desire to give back in a community that would appreciate her support, Linda embarked for her first service program with the organization. Upon her return, Linda says that “volunteering adds purpose to my […]
by Mindy Lull, Professor at Wegmans School of Pharmacy Three years ago, I had a wild idea to find a service trip in the United States where I could take a group of my students to experience a new culture, help a community in need, and grow together as teammates. I’ve traveled on service trips […]
by Todd Cannon I nearly bolted from the sweat lodge before the first round was over. I must have looked as if someone had doused me with a bucket of water – a steady stream of sweat running down my head, torso, limbs. The heat and total darkness inside the sweat lodge was nearly unbearable […]
Two seemingly different worlds united on the Blackfeet Reservation this summer. Suh Ning Yeoh journied from Malaysia to explore and lend a hand to the people in our host communities of Browning and Heart Butte. How beautiful to hear that the eyes and minds of both Suh Ning and our host partners were opened by their differences and […]
Here’s to all the volunteers, those dedicated people who are helping others. Unselfish and noble actions are the most radiant pages in the biography of souls. I can no other answer make, but, thanks and thanks. – a merging of various quotes by Linda Friday Morning (David) It’s Friday the 13th, the beginning to an […]