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Take Home Perseverance, Possibility, and Perspective in 2018
One of our traditions at the end of each program is a closing circle where each of our participants is invited to select a touchstone to take home with them. This year, we want to share this tradition...
Scholarship Recipient – Laura Wells – Shares Her South Africa Odyssey Experience
Today, we share the story of South Africa scholarship recipient, Laura Wells. Thanks to the generosity of our donors during our 2016 Reimagine The Future fundraising campaign and throughout 2017, we w...
This #GivingTuesday – Give Possibility & Get A Gift From A Fresh Chapter
Your support will help us fund 5 scholarships for people financially and emotionally devastated by cancer. These recipients will join us for two weeks of volunteering in either South Africa or Peru as...
Tamara Discovers A Whole New World In Peru
Perhaps, the land itself had something to teach us. After an earthquake, everyone involved reinforces their foundation so they can continue to build.
Michael’s Connecting Hearts Abroad Experience
One of the local volunteers Michael met gave him an unforgettable glimpse of the cancer experience in Peru. The volunteer’s mom had cancer. He walked Michael to the nearby hospital, where she was b...
Results of our 2016 Peru Program: Increasing Belonging, Resilience and Meaning
A Fresh Chapter began as the spark of an idea and a deep sense of curiosity about whether volunteering and travel could help me redefine my life after breast cancer. Now, as I sit in Lima, Peru in the...