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Travel to Make a Difference

In fall of 2015, Travelocity had a Twitter campaign to promote and support international development and volunteerism by awarding one hundred people grants to Travel for Good – a total of over $100, 000 was donated to the field of volunteer travel! In order to qualify, you had to tweet where you wanted to go and how you’d volunteer using the hashtag #TravelForGood. Why? Because Travelocity believes travel isn’t only a chance to change your life, but also a chance to change the lives of others. We here at Global Volunteers agree and so do our awesome volunteers!

Here are some of their tweets:

Books + Children + Cook Islands = Life Changing Opportunity! #travelforgood #librarian #literacy @GloblVolunteers pic.twitter.com/Vpk5KwIF9l

— Meg Allison (@meg_allison) September 30, 2015

#TravelForGood – I want to play volleyball with kids as the sun sets @travelocity #ecuador @GloblVolunteers pic.twitter.com/2na1Z8aX9z — adam vavrek (@avavrek) October 11, 2015

@travelforgood I’d volunteer to teach English, repaint/repair community services in Cuba with @GloblVolunteers #TravelForGood

— Jen Robles (@RoblesTweets) September 30, 2015

separated by oceans @GloblVolunteers connects us to little hands of love #TravelForGood pic.twitter.com/glTLfVgN0n — Katie Imholte (@KatieImholte) September 29, 2015

THIS THIS THIS is why I want to go back to MY babies in Romania with @GloblVolunteers: http://t.co/urHHIjrmVT #TravelForGood #love

— Schwagerl (@Schwagerl) September 29, 2015

Returning to Romania w/ @GloblVolunteers to bring love & joy to these precious children = my dream! <3 #TravelForGood pic.twitter.com/v8jCto4Lyp — Venessa Fay (@venessa_fay) September 29, 2015

Happiness is the children of Tanzania! I would go back in a heartbeat! #TravelForGood @GloblVolunteers pic.twitter.com/T9N5rGQMhd

— Carol Ann Bohn (@CA_Bohn) September 28, 2015

#CookIslands = happiness @GloblVolunteers #TravelforGood pic.twitter.com/VK4miUk8Qz — sally eeles (@sallyeeles) September 26, 2015

I agree w/ @AustinTeagarden-I would love to see the SEAM children in India again w/ @GloblVolunteers #TravelForGood pic.twitter.com/bCWDqsDZD1

— Nicky Valenzuela (@nickaayv) September 25, 2015

Send me back to Pommern, Tanzania with @GloblVolunteers! 🌍 #TravelForGood http://t.co/4WkyOs66Rj pic.twitter.com/ERdBuXAAtm — meghan (@megsandbacon_) September 25, 2015

@travelocity , I would give anything to work with those people and @GloblVolunteers again!! #TravelForGood pic.twitter.com/FlahsNAbhs

— Miranda Maher (@miranda_maher) September 25, 2015

Send me to #Ecuador, @Travelocity! I want to help more kids: http://t.co/B5QvGabeVc #TravelForGood @GloblVolunteers pic.twitter.com/76ZWHRk0BM — adam vavrek (@avavrek) September 25, 2015

To go back to India with @GloblVolunteers and see the kids in this video would be a dream: http://t.co/YCS80NfLRY #TravelForGood

— Dana Faust (@DanaMFaust) September 25, 2015

I would love to work with @GloblVolunteers helping teach English to at-risk children in Greece! #travelforgood@travelforgood — Elizabeth (@ewbirdsong) September 23, 2015

Congratulations to Meghan Pollard (Tanzania and Poland Volunteer Alumni) and Adam Vavrek (Tanzania Volunteer Alumni) who each won $500 to serve again with Global Volunteers! We look forward to your fantastic service in another one of our host communities! And a big thanks to Travelocity for promoting international development through volunteer vacations.

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