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Water for San Pedro de Casta

Gainesville women ‘vacation’ in Andean town for a cause

By Evvy Struzynski
Correspondent
Published: Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.

Karen Baroody and family of Boston recently returned from a Globe Aware week-long volunteer vacation in Peru plus an other two weeks hiking in Peru’ Lares Valley, visiting Macchu Picchu and exploring the rainforest near Puerto Maldonado.

They compiled a great photo album and travelogue of their adventures.

Enjoy:

"The habitual characteristics of vacations are quite notorious: Stress relief. A hiatus from your accustomed duties. The effortless Pleasures of relaxation, or they can be used to simply revitalize a relationship. Although these likings may be essential, your short-term journey can also benefit the world around you," writes Kimberly Haddad in Pasadena Magazine.

Globe Aware was featured in a June article written by Lisa M. Dietlin, CEO of Lisa M. Dietlin and Associates, Inc., philanthropic advisor, author, for the Huffington Post.

Globe Aware was featured in a June, 2011 spotlight in the International Herald Tribune:

Steven Learner Studio
project Globe Aware
site Cuzco, Peru
completion December 2010

The deadline for the 2011 GO! Volunteer Abroad scholarship application is September 15th, 2011. The award for each GO! Volunteer Abroad scholarship is $1,000.

Travelocity's Senior Travel Editor, Genevieve Shaw Brown, joins Al Roker on Wake Up With Al to share all the sweet travel deals for Spring Break.`Included in their discussions is Globe Aware`s volunteer vacation destination in Peru.

Toronto-based freelance journalist Aaron Broverman examines how volunteer vacation opportunities are helping redefine how we view Spring Break.