Dallas Local is Awarded Volunteer Vacation Grant to Kenya.Travelocity Research Shows More People Interested in Volunteer Vacations Volunteer vacations are vacations which include some activities focused on furthering a charitable cause for which the participant receives no renumeration. The types of volunteer vacations are diverse, from low-skill work cleaning up local wildlife areas to providing , Grants Give Recipients Opportunity to Change the World - One Trip at a Time SOUTHLAKE, Texas Southlake is a city located primarily in the northeastern part of Tarrant County, Texas. A small northernly region of the city is in Denton County, Texas. The population was 21,519 at the 2000 census. -- Sabre Holdings Sabre Holdings or Sabre, Inc. is an American travel technology company, encompassing several brands in three global travel distribution channels: travel agency, airline, and direct to consumer. These areas are serviced by TSG's three main business groups. employee Emily Kinney recently was awarded a Change Ambassador Grant through Travelocity's Travel for Good(SM) program. Travelocity, which is owned by Sabre Holdings, created the grant program as part of its Travel for Good(SM) initiative to encourage travelers who are interested in volunteering to make the world a little better while they are on vacation. Travelocity's 2008 forecast poll found that 38 percent of more than 1,000 survey respondents In the context of marketing research, a representative sample drawn from a larger population of people from whom information is collected and used to develop or confirm marketing strategy. were interested in taking a vacation where they can give back and make a difference during their stay. People are simply looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ways to give back and get more involved in important causes - and that is exactly why Kinney applied for the grant. Each quarter Travelocity awards three $5,000 grants, one of which is reserved for employees. Kinney received the employee grant based on her devotion Devotion may refer to:
"The grant made it possible for me to realize a lifelong dream to visit Africa," said Kinney. "The wildlife and the landscape we saw on a daily basis were breathtaking breath·tak·ing adj. 1. Inspiring or exciting: a breathtaking view; a breathtaking ride. 2. Astonishing; astounding: breathtaking insensitivity. , but I was most impacted by the wonderful people I met - the Samburu people, the researchers, staff and the other volunteers - people I never would have met or gotten to know on a typical vacation." Kinney chose the Earthwatch program because of her own interest in wildlife and conservation. She felt that the volunteer trip to Kenya would allow her to have a positive impact globally, and at the same time, experience a destination on a deeper, more meaningful level. Even though she spent a significant amount of time volunteering, the Earthwatch project also added in time to explore. "During free time, we'd take walks in the area surrounding the camp, and on one day, we walked into Wamba where we visited a preschool and spent time at a local market," said Kinney. "Whenever we left the camp, on foot or in the Land Rover See LANRover. , the children would run out waving and yelling yell v. yelled, yell·ing, yells v.intr. To cry out loudly, as in pain, fright, surprise, or enthusiasm. v.tr. To utter or express with a loud cry. See Synonyms at shout. n. 'ciao!' because, we were told, they thought we were Italian. That's just one of the hundreds of memories that all add up to the trip of a lifetime." Emily Kinney's volunteer vacation story and photos of her trip have been posted on Travelocity's community site. Visit http://travelforgood.igougo.com for more details on Emily's experience as well as many other volunteer vacation stories from around the world. Under the Travel for Good initiative, first launched in August 2006, Travelocity began a program called Change Ambassadors to help bring the idea of "voluntourism" to a broader, mainstream audience. The Change Ambassadors program awards consumer and employee grants to people who wish to help others through volunteering, but do not have the financial means to take a volunteer vacation. Travelocity awards two grants per quarter to the public and one grant per quarter to employees. Applicants can apply for the Change Ambassadors Grant either as an individual or as part of a team. Each grant will fund up to $5,000 for the transportation to, as well as the costs associated with, any trip organized by one of Travelocity's volunteer travel partners for individuals or groups deemed worthy based on the merit of their applications and their ability to meet the grant requirements. Additional details and instructions to apply for the grant are available at www.travelocity.com/travelforgood. All grants are subject to terms and conditions, which are available on the site. About the Travel for Good Program The Travel for Good program was created by Travelocity employees as a means to better the world through travel. The program consists of two primary initiatives - Go Zero (carbon offsetting) and Change Ambassadors (volunteer vacations). The company launched its Go Zero program in conjunction with the Conservation Fund to help customers lessen less·en v. less·ened, less·en·ing, less·ens v.tr. 1. To make less; reduce. 2. Archaic To make little of; belittle. v.intr. To become less; decrease. the effect of climate change on our world and enhance forests and wetlands through forestation programs. Carbon offset purchases, available for flights purchased on Travelocity, have nearly doubled since the beginning of 2007.Since the program began just over one year ago approximately 8,200 trees have been planted in the Bogue Chitto Bogue Chitto is the name of two places in the U.S. state of Mississippi.
 National Wildlife Refuge , which is located
45 miles north of New Orleans New Orleans (ôr`lēənz –lənz, ôrlēnz`), city (2006 pop. 187,525), coextensive with Orleans parish, SE La., between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain, 107 mi (172 km) by water from the river mouth; founded . Over their lifetime, those 8,200 trees
are expected to trap more than 21 million pounds of carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. from
the atmosphere (nearly 10,500 tons).
Travelocity's Change Ambassador program makes it easy for volunteers to find opportunities to help serve local communities while on vacation. Travelocity, who acts as an aggregator for pre-screened voluntourism organizations, has teamed up with some of the top volunteer organizations in the country, including Cross-Cultural Solutions Cross-Cultural Solutions (CCS) is a non-profit organization founded in 1995. CCS operates international volunteer programs ranging in duration from 1-12 weeks, with over 3,000 volunteers participating each year. , Earthwatch, Globe Aware, and Take Pride in America Take Pride in America is a Department of the Interior partnership program that enables individuals, civic groups, corporations and others to volunteer in caring for the lands that we share. . Key components of the Change Ambassadors program are consumer and employee grants that are being awarded to people who wish to help others through volunteering, but do not have the financial means to take a volunteer vacation. Travelocity is awarding two $5,000 grants per quarter to the public and one $5,000 grant per quarter to employees. More information can be accessed at http://www.travelocity.com/t4g. About Travelocity Travelocity[R] is committed to being the traveler's champion - before, during and after the trip - and provides the most comprehensive and pro-active guarantee in the industry - see http://www.travelocity.com/guarantee for details. This customer-driven focus, backed by 24/7 live phone support, great prices and powerful shopping technology has made Travelocity the sixth largest travel agency - booking $10.1 billion in travel worldwide in 2006. Based in Southlake, Texas, Travelocity also owns and operates Travelocity Business[R] for corporate travelers, lastminute.com, a leader in European online travel and ZUJI, a leader in Asia-Pacific online travel. Travelocity is owned by Sabre Holdings Corporation, a world leader in travel commerce. |
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