In a week and a half I will be in Africa visiting my best friend from college who is serving the Peace Corps in Zambia. I'm going for her wedding...crazy. Anyway. In honor of my trip to Africa next week (!!!) I thought I would post this article. USA Today discusses how more grads are opting to volunteer for a year or two after college. I'm so glad to see enrollment rising for all of these programs. I still feel like there should be a bigger push in America for students to have a gap year and volunteer. Though not mandated, at least this is in fashion.
I was talking about this with the guy in REI yesterday who was helping me find a headlamp and he was right. It's pretty amazing that Peace Corps, a programs started in the 60's in the Kennedy Administration is still going strong. And is still a respected, amazing choice for people of all ages looking to give back.
I'm so excited to go and be a PCV (Peace Corps Volunteer) groupie for the next few weeks...
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