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Volunteering together as a couple is a life-changing experience that challenges you, and strengthens your relationship. Global Volunteers started in 1984 with a young couple, motivated by service, wanting to share their experience with other couples, families and individuals. Give back on a unique adventure & grow together.

Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices

Long-Standing Global Volunteers Lean on Lessons from Communities Abroad

Tim Cunniff and Keith Kresge are Global Volunteers “veterans.” Between them, they’ve served on 44 programs in 18 different countries – from Tanzania to the Cook Islands.  Despite the obvious contrasts between these societies, they say one truth is common to all: People are more alike than different on a basic-needs level.  But, how people […]

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July 21, 2020/0 Comments/by Michele Gran
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Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Portugal

Students Teach Grateful Couple Cultural Lessons in BEJA, PORTUGAL

Charlene Mizner had spent time stationed in the Azores, Portugal in her 22-year career with the US Air Force. So when she came across Global Volunteers’ Portugal service program on an internet search for volunteer work abroad, she envisioned giving back to the Portuguese people as they had given to her years ago. In Beja, […]

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February 7, 2020/0 Comments/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Boomer Volunteers, Couples Volunteering, Repeat Volunteers, Retiree Volunteers, Volunteer Voices West Virginia

Milestone Anniversary in West Virginia is a Gift of Service for Minnesota Couple

Global Volunteers Tom and Kathy Kromroy had already served together in the Cook Islands, India and St. Lucia when they decided their “gift” to each other would be to mark their 40th wedding anniversary volunteering in West Virginia. They said the opportunity to reflect on important moments together while they helped youth and adults brought […]

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August 29, 2019/0 Comments/by Millie Pinakoulaki
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Boomer Volunteers, Couples Volunteering, Retiree Volunteers Cuba

“Do Good” Retirees Explore Cuba as Grateful Global Volunteers

Freedom from career demands led retired college professors Sharon and David Moore of Arizona to Cuba with Global Volunteers. In an interview with Volunteer Engagement Manager Maggie Bjorklund, Sharon and David explain how retirees can explore Cuba, experience an intriguing culture, connect and engage with people, build bridges of understanding and respect, and do something […]

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March 15, 2019/0 Comments/by Maggie Bjorklund
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Boomer Volunteers, Conversational English, Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Greece

Crete’s Beauty and Children are Global Volunteering Couple’s Reward

Why volunteer in Greece

Global Volunteers alumni Tom and Rondi Olson were eager for their service program in Crete, Greece. After serving in Peru and Cuba, they said the island’s craggy beauty and friendly culture drew them to their next volunteer adventure. In a two-part blog post, Rondi and Tom report on the students, teachers and volunteers they worked […]

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February 20, 2019/0 Comments/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Cook Islands

A Milestone Birthday of Service in the Cook Islands!

Cook Islands culture

When Annie saw the description of Global Volunteers’ Cook Islands program, she suspected it might be precisely the type of “once-in-a-lifetime” destination for her wife, Toby’s, 70th birthday. Together, they decided that celebrating Toby’s milestone birthday in service to others would be unforgettable and rewarding. Read Toby’s story here! By Toby S., First-time Cook Islands […]

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February 14, 2019/0 Comments/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Boomer Volunteers, Couples Volunteering, Retiree Volunteers, Volunteer Voices Tanzania

Volunteer’s “Winter’s Day” Story Declares “Best Day Ever”

“It’s another winters day in Ipalamwa or as I like to think of it, ‘Christmas Village in Tanzania.’

Retired professor and avid amateur photographer Dr. Candice Francis and her husband Mike like to combine service work with their travels for pleasure. To celebrate their 42nd wedding anniversary this year they traveled to Ipalamwa, Tanzania to take part in the RCP (Reaching Children’s Potential) project. Here Candice shares her thoughts with her excerpt from […]

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November 23, 2018/0 Comments/by Sam Pinakoulaki
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Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices Peru

“When we decided to visit Peru, my goal was adventure – not falling in love.”

Service Vacations with Global Volunteers

Here’s one couple’s story of how they fell in love on one of their service vacations with Global Volunteers – and not fell in love with each other, but instead with three little Peruvian sisters. Told by Jim, two-time Global Volunteer. Let me be honest. When my wife Connie and I decided to visit Peru, […]

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May 15, 2017/0 Comments/by globalvol
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Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices

Husband Tells of His First Experience Volunteering Abroad in India

On a previous post, Jake told the story of how his wife convinced him to join her on a service program. Now, Jake shares about his first time volunteering in India.  Why India? In my circles of academic/student recruitment, many of my comrades who worked the scene in China almost always were doing some work in India.  […]

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February 2, 2017/0 Comments/by Stephen Raja
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Couples Volunteering, Volunteer Voices

Woman Invites Husband on a Volunteer Trip. Man Falls in Love.

Wife Gets Husband to Come on a Volunteer Trip

With volunteering couples, it’s more likely that a wife invites her husband on a volunteer trip than the other way around. Some 70% of Global Volunteers team members are women. One recent example is Holly and Jake. Holly had volunteered five times with Global Volunteers, but Jake had never experienced a volunteer abroad program. In January, they served […]

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January 31, 2017/0 Comments/by Daniel Salazar
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