Posts Tagged ‘volunteering’ (20)

Volunteering in Dangerous Places

Wednesday, April 17th, 2013

Erin in Druze DressWithout a doubt, Lebanon is one of the most complex countries I’ve visited. On one hand, you have the cosmopolitan capital, complete with a seaside Corniche, trendy restaurants, high-end shopping, and colorful street performers. On the other, Lebanon offers a …

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Volunteer in Antarctica *Video*

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

While at the end of the world, I ran into tons of people who wanted to visit Antarctica. And tons of people who didn’t want to, or couldn’t, pay for it. There’s an answer: penguin counting.

Doug, one of the …

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Adventure Philanthropist Video: Be a Volunteer Firefighter!

Wednesday, December 5th, 2012

Some astounding facts:

  • Every 23 seconds, somewhere in the U.S. firefighters are responding to a call.
  • More than 250,000 individuals are volunteer firefighters
  • Three-quarters of all U.S. firefighters are volunteers.
  • Two-thirds of all fire department are run by volunteers

I …

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Volunteering Around the World

Monday, November 26th, 2012

I met my friend Julia at a hostel in La Paz, Bolivia. She and I were sitting at the bar, re-charging our iPhones and struck up a conversation. I then invited myself to tag along with her to visit the …

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Volunteer in Mexico! *Video*

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012

I met Luana on my San Blas sail. She was working on the boat as the cook, and a mighty fine cook she is too!

We were chatting one day about how she came to live in Central America, sailing …

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Helping Orphans in Romania *Video*

Saturday, September 15th, 2012

I met my friend Brid (along with Paula) while traveling in Ethiopia. We had wandered into a tourist agency to enquire about a trekking expedition to the Simian Mountains. We all signed up and had one of the most miserable …

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Volunteering in Nepal – Adventure Philanthropist *Video*

Wednesday, August 15th, 2012

Meet my good friend and Adventure Philanthropist Pirjo! I met Pirjo while trekking in Nepal and subsequently visited her at her family’s summer cottage in Finnish Lapland this summer.

While visiting at their lovely lake-side cottage I asked Pirjo about …

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imagine1day

Saturday, May 19th, 2012

Thanks to all of you writing in with suggestions on organizations to volunteer with and support!

I love learning about new approaches to solving some of our social issues and am always grateful for an introduction to local NGOs. So …

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Happy Mother’s Day!

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

This poll is now closed. On top of the 200 original votes, we received  an additional 395 votes after the challenge, for a total of 595 votes.

Although we didn’t hit the 1,000 extra votes we were shooting for, I

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My Profile in National Geographic Traveler!

Thursday, December 15th, 2011

Erin Michelson, National Geographic Traveler, Katie Stephens photographer FP

WOW—Check out my profile in National Geographic Traveler magazine!

Here’s an excerpt:

“Erin Michelson is going places. The business consultant (recently based in San Francisco) and self-described “adventure philanthropist” set out on December 31, 2010, on a two-year journey to …

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