2017

The day began by waking up at 6:00 am in our cabin, then after we got ready we headed to counselors cabin to have breakfast with the rest of the group at 7:15. After breakfast we went back to our cabin changed into our bathing suits and rash guards grabbed our equipment and went on the bus to the...

Today was my first official dive in the British Virgin Islands. We explored a large collection of coral reefs near the Dog Islands. Our dive instructors told us about how many of the natives thought the island was filled with rabid dogs. Upon further exploration however, the island was found to be a habitat for Monk Seals. Sadly, these...

Today was my first official dive in the British Virgin Islands. We explored a large collection of coral reefs near the Dog Islands. Our dive instructors told us about how many of the natives thought the island was filled with rabid dogs. Upon further exploration however, the island was found to be a habitat for Monk Seals. Sadly, these...

Today was the first day on the island Virgin Gorda. We woke up early to eat breakfast which consisted of cereal eggs and milk. Afterwards, we headed on the boat 'Sea Monkey.' After a 20 minute ride, we arrived at the first dive site, Bronco Billy. We then received a 10 minute briefing in which the dive master explained...

We had to scrape a little bit of food this morning because we were eating the leftovers from all of the breakfasts throughout the week.  I had a nutritious honeybun, a nature valley bar, and a yogurt.  I say at the same spot as yesterday and enjoyed the view n and talked to Owen.  The goal of the day...

Today me and Robbie woke up early to serve breakfast again with Charlie and Nelson and had a great last breakfast in a cabin. After we went down to walk to the high school just up the street for our service project. The high school which Casey explained was the main school on the island with one building being...

Today, after we woke up at 7:30 and ate breakfast, we drove to the local high school to help clean up the area around what was to be the new library. Casey had told us that the school experienced several problems the previous school year regarding the students, and it made me truly appreciate my own school and the...

One of my favorite days yet. It was full of hard work, fun, and memories. We started off the day with breakfast as usual, and then we went to the local high school/elementary school to do some service. We planted some plants, vines, and trees, and we also filled some holes with concrete and organized their new library. We...

Out of all the days during this trip, my final day was by far the most rewarding and inspiring. Today, we helped make an extereme difference for about 130 kids on this island. On Virgin Gorda, there is only one public high school (Bregado Flax). To make matters worse, this school severely lacks funding. As a result, many basic...