by JHill | Jun 20, 2024 | Costa Rica, From the Board
Ten students from West Tennessee are bound for Costa Rica June 26. The program organizer, Global Citizen Adventure Corps, is an award-winning nonprofit offering international service-learning opportunities and college credit. The students – the majority from Hollow...
by JHill | Jun 3, 2024 | Destinations, Italy
Where once the Roman Senate assembled and Julius Caesar met his end in 44 BC, volunteers have reimagined Curia Pompei as less catastrophe and more cat care. For centuries, hundreds of feral felines congregated among the ruins. In more recent history, compassionate...
by JHill | Mar 21, 2024 | Colombia, Uncategorized
For almost ten years, a group of Bethel University students regularly travels abroad to Cali, Colombia, and volunteers at the local school named Colegio Americano. The teams are continuing a relationship that began in 1928 when Reverend L. Swartz arrived as the first...
by JHill | Feb 29, 2024 | Behind the Scenes at GCAC
Dr. Margaret Taylor, president of Jackson Area Business and Professional Women, has announced the winners of Sterling Awards 2024: 20 Most Influential Women in West Tennessee and GCAC’ co-founders are among the recognized. Stacie Freeman, a resident of Dresden,...
by JHill | Feb 21, 2024 | Behind the Scenes at GCAC, Brazil
By Julie Hill The first time I traveled to Brazil I went seeking all the things I had heard about for so many years: beautiful beaches, incredible food, exotic plants and animals, and, of course, as a professional percussionist and teacher – the music. I traveled to...
