Spirit offers yearly merit-based scholarships to take part in a 2-4 week volunteering project in Ecuador through Fundación Bolivar Education Volunteer. Mackenzie Hedge who studies nursing and Spanish at Concordia College in... read more →
Can you tell us about your experience working at Murdick’s Fudge on Mackinac Island? Living on the island is a different experience because I had never lived on an island... read more →
Lidiia Kozhevnikova has been up to big things since winning Spirit’s Alumni Award contest last fall. The purpose of the contest was to honor Spirit’s 15th anniversary and to recognize former... read more →
Today marks the second annual 50/50 day, which is a day dedicated to working towards a more gender-balanced world. There are over 35,000 events taking place worldwide in 60 countries... read more →
Spirit Cultural Exchange recently collaborated with other J1 Visa Sponsors, Greenheart Exchange Work and Travel and CENET, to host the Midwest Safety Summit. With the busy summer season rapidly approaching, the Midwest... read more →
The U.S. Department of State recently initiated the Cultural Enrichment Pilot Project, which enables the Department to successfully fulfill its mission to foster mutual understanding between Americans and citizens of... read more →
8:00 – Spirit picked up the participants at their housing. The participants were all excited to see a new city! Kailei and Hope handed out Spirit swag and hand warmers.... read more →
Our 2017 Spirit Alumni Award winner has been chosen, but there are still many other stories to be told! Rrezarta Ramadani participated in Spirit's program during the summer of 2017 and is from... read more →
We are enthusiastic to announce that Lidiia Kozhevnikova is Spirit's 2017 Grand Prize Alumni Award recipient! She came on Spirit’s program in 2008 and 2010 through our Ukrainian partner agency,... read more →
Meet finalist Marcos Costa Valadares! He came from Brazil through the agency, Central do Estudante, to spend his summer in Vermont. His time in the US impacted his decision to... read more →