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Each evening, the Student Leaders of the Day write a daily trip blog, sharing everything from funny moments and inside jokes to detailed recaps and deep reflections on their experiences. Family and friends back home leave supportive comments as they follow along. Explore some of our Alumni Interns’ favorite blogs from 2024 or search all student trip blogs below.

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The Final Day!!!

Today is the day before going to the airport. We woke up and ate eggs, bread, cereal, and fruit. After breakfast, we had our…
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Return Flight Information: SP1C-BAY

Hello family and friends of the SP1C-BAY Global Glimpse delegation,We know you’re excited to see your Glimpsers, so we thought we would share the new…
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Community Action Project – Day 3 (No. 4)

Today, the Glimpsers continued their work on the Community Action Project (CAP)!  Every Glimpser got to have insightful conversations with the members of the…
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Community Action Project – Day 2 (No. 7)

Today, we woke the whole group at 6:30 am. For breakfast, we had sunny-side-up eggs with tostones, watermelon, pineapple, and grapes. It was our…
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Community Action Project – Day 1 (No. 9)

Today, we woke up at 6:30, which was a struggle because it was an hour earlier than our usual wake-up time. Breakfast consisted of…

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Beach Day! (No. 7)

Hello! Today was our relaxing, fun day! We started off the day with breakfast and walking to the beach. The weather was really hot…
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Immigration Day – The Batey

Today, we had the pleasure of meeting Domingo Canay, who showed us around one of the Dominican Republic’s numerous sugar cane plantations. Domingo, also…
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Community Day With Families in Monte Coca!

Today, we had an amazing day at Monte Coca! We got into groups of 2-3 and helped families with chores. We bonded with children…
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A Cultural Exploration in San Pedro de Macoris

Today, on July 31st, we did many different activities, like touring the city of San Pedro de Macoris, shopping at the local store and…
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Discovering Monte Coca!

We went through a program seminar at 10:00 am, where we went over the discovery phase of the Community Action Project that we would…