Category Archives: Community Service
Teaching Pants: A College Essay by Ghana Alumna
Gabby, a senior at Fox Lane High School in Pound Ridge, New York, traveled with us on two different summer community service programs abroad. She spent the summer of 2011 on our summer community service program in Vietnam and … Continue reading
College Essay: Community Service in Costa Rica
Aliya, a senior at Weber High School in Atlanta, Georgia, traveled on our high school community service program in Costa Rica this past summer. She submitted a collection of excerpts from her summer journal as one of her essays for … Continue reading
College Essay: Communicating in India
Katherine, from Durango, Colorado, traveled on our high school summer volunteer program in India last summer. A senior at The Hotchkiss School, she wrote the following essay on cross-cultural communication and language as part of her college application. She’ll be … Continue reading
Volunteering in Costa Rica: A College Essay By Lea
Lea, a senior at Chase Collegiate School in West Hartford, Connecticut, traveled on two of our summer programs abroad. She spent the summer of 2008 on our program in Costa Rica for middle school students and 2012 on our … Continue reading
Student Spotlight: Hiking in Argentina
Take a look at these moving words from Charlotte, an alumna of two of our summer community service programs abroad. Charlotte participated in our high school summer program in Argentina in 2011 and in our summer community service program … Continue reading
Troy Travels to Costa Rica
Associate Director Troy Shaheen recently returned from a programming trip to Costa Rica. Read on as he highlights the strong ties between Putney and one of the host villages of our summer community service programs for high school and middle … Continue reading
Costa Rica Alumna Returns for Gap Year
Check out this interview with an alumna of our 2010 summer language immersion and community service program in Costa Rica for high school students. Melody, who has now graduated from high school, is currently living in the community service … Continue reading
Contact Interview: Summer Community Service in Ghana
Join Evan Ross-Miller on a live video interview from the Trinity Yard School in Cape Three Points, Ghana– home to our summer community service program in Ghana for high school students. Evan has led community service programs in Peru … Continue reading
Contact Interview: Summer Community Service Peru
On her recent programming trip to Peru, Associate Director Kristin Westby had the opportunity to meet with and interview Miguel Galdo. Miguel is a Peruvian man who has worked with Putney’s summer community service programs in Peru for over five … Continue reading