About Volunteer Vacations

Taking a family vacation is fun and exciting. It gives you time to bond with your kids and take a break from your hectic lives. Vacations can be full of adventure in a strange new place, or a relaxing break in a destination you head to every year. Whatever the case may be, it is about the time to start making plans.

You want to bring your children to a place that they will remember forever and that they will be able to experience a different culture. Many parents want their kids to see what it is like living in other places, to show them how great they actually have it. And we get that. Nowadays, people can lose sight of how lucky they are and have no idea how much they actually take for granted. That’s why we take our families on vacations to experience the world and the different lives that are lived daily.

But let’s take it one step further. Why just bring your family to a remote location to show them different cultures and place that may be less fortunate, when you can actually help out as well? Volunteer vacations are a great way to spend time vacations while also helping out different communities. These volunteer vacations can be anything from helping the environment and animals to teaching english or building houses.

A CNN article answers some questions you may have about volunteer vacations, offering a ton of information about this unique vacation. According to CNN, the best place to start for your volunteer vacation is idealist.org. This site can help you find the right vacation and nonprofit for you and your family. You can also try volunteerinternational.org. These sites can help you learn more about different communities that need help and could be the perfect volunteer vacation.

These vacations are fun and meaningful, helping to bring your family together while allowing you to give back to the community. You may be a family that gives back to your own community regularly, but there are so many communities throughout the world that need help and support. This is why volunteer vacations are the perfect option. Take a break from your regular life, visit a beautiful country with a unique culture, and help out different people around the world.

Some people may think it is strange, paying for a vacation to go and volunteer. While that is understandable, it is a great way to help out, give back to different communities, and visit a destination you have always wanted to go to. Think about it this way: you could either sit on the beach all day, or you could help teach English to children who will show so much appreciation and love for you.

There are many different vacation destinations that can include a unique volunteer opportunity. At Resurrection Christian School, we require our seniors to go on a mission trip, helping out in different communities, getting a taste of different cultures, and giving back to the world. We understand how important these mission trips are for different communities and how important they are to our students.

Having a family “mission trip” can offer many benefits, more than you may think. Some of the benefits include:

Bonding

Volunteering and helping others is a great way to bond as a  family. It can help you realize how lucky you all are and bring the entire family closer together. While kids often times don’t enjoy volunteering or helping out the community, as they begin to see the impact they are making they will realize how important this work is and how much it can truly help a community.

More Meaning in Vacation

While you can find a volunteer vacation just about anywhere, you will be able to feel good about it. Vacations are supposed to help you relax, but often times, vacation are spent doing absolutely nothing, making them hard to remember and pretty unexciting. Or they are the opposite. There are way too many plans to even enjoy your vacation—scuba diving, exploring the island, hang gliding, zip lining, a famous tour, the list goes on and on. These types of plans can be excessive and make the vacation more of a stress when it should be relaxing.

But spending a day or two out of your vacation volunteering can make a difference. This can give new meaning to your trip and allow you to enjoy it more. Spending a few days helping others will giving you vacations more of a purpose and help your family feel as though they are doing something important. You will still have time to relax and spend time as a family, but the volunteering can make it that much better.

Giving Back

There are many great reasons why a volunteer vacation is beneficial to your and your family. But having the ability to truly give back to the community and make a difference is a good enough reason to use your vacation to volunteer. When your family realizes that they can make a difference to a community, it may change the way you view vacations. It makes you think differently about spoiling yourself. It can help you see that you can help others while enjoying a vacation in a beautiful location.

A Different Perspective

Many vacationers spend the entire trip on the beach, in a resort, enjoying time with the family, time to unwind, and time to waste. But when you volunteer during your vacation, you get a completely different perspective. Your entire family will see what a country truly is like and be exposed to what is really going on. While resorts are all glamorous and beautiful, they may be a hidden gem on an island in need. Volunteer vacations can show your family what is truly going on in these places and allow you to help make it better. This type of vacation can give you all a different sense and allow you to get a different perspective of popular vacation destinations.

A volunteer vacation is a great way to spend a break enjoying family time, staying in a beautiful location, and giving back to the community. There are many different ways you can give back. Even here in Colorado, you have the opportunity to give back to the community while enjoying a break from work and school.

The Sierra Club

The Sierra Club in White River National Forest in Colorado gives you the opportunity to work on trails, create animal habitats, and preserve the environment right here in your backyard.

These are great types of vacations to bring your family on. They allow you to make a difference, spending quality time together, and gain a different perspective of the world. If you are planning a family vacation for you and your family this summer, think about experiencing a volunteer vacation, this could be a trip that changes your life and helps your children learn more about the world. At Resurrection Christian School, your children will take part in a mission trip that will allow them to gain experiences in different cultures and help out different communities. Contact us today to learn more about our school and our programs.