Travel

Global Connections--Personal Connections: Compass Juniors Transformed by Dominican Republic Experience

Submitted by Rick Gordon on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 2:34pm

We are far from home, more in spirit than in miles. It is hard to overstate how different the living conditions are here from what anyone has at home. It is also hard to overstate how adaptable, and seemingly happy, all the Compass kids are here in Tres Ceibas, this tiny farming village in the hills of the Dominican Republic. I guess the fact that they actually do have electricity, which usually works for part of every other day, maybe exceeds our expectations.

Five Compass Students Attend the 2009 Vermont Girls Conference

Submitted by Beth White on Thu, 05/14/2009 - 7:50am

Five Compass teens attended a 1-day violence against women conference in Essex Junction, Vermont.  They had the opportunity to focus their awareness on sexual violence and its prevention in order to empower themselves with the necessary resources to make healthy decisions about relaitonships and personal safety.