Category: Boulder Office Updates

Update from the Home Office

Posted: 03 / 19 / 2012
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Everyone here in the Global Works Home Office has been busy preparing for our Summer Service Adventure trips starting in June, in addition to our current Custom Group Travel Programs that are already in the field!  We’ve had 8 trips already on the go this year, and will have many more trips traveling the globe in the upcoming months!  Check out some of the trip updates by clicking here: TRIP UPDATES.

While we have been busy in the home office, we have also been having fun!  Here is an update from our office homies:

Polly & Fritz Moriarty:
 The Moriarty’s have been busy spending time with their children, running races, and starting the Global Works Community Fund!  Here are a few highlights: Ellie (their oldest daughter) turned 4 and now attends a Spanish immersion pre-school. She already aspires to be a stellar Global Works leader in 19 years! Hanna turned 1 and is learning how to hula hoop. Ellie’s a pretty good teacher!

In her free time, Polly has been busy getting Global Works Community Fund started! (more…)

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Costa Rica, Panama, Nicaragua & the Home Office Welcomes Braden

Posted: 03 / 16 / 2012
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While Braden Wilson is new to the Home Office role, he has been an experienced and valued team member over the last six years in the role of Costa Rica, Panama and Nicaragua Country Director. In January, we welcomed Braden to the new role of Director of Programs. Braden has the exciting job of researching and creating new programs, as well as continuing to evaluate and improve our existing programs. He’s been busy so far implementing a Pre-Business College enrichment program in Costa Rica and a Pre-Med College Enrichment program in Nicaragua. Having just returned from a scouting trip in Central America with Director Crisley Cespedes, Braden confirmed that our Surf and Science programs will also be ready to go in June!

In the summer, Braden will continue to work with Crisley as the Central America Country Director. Here, he meets all of the Global Works participants upon arrival and assists our staff on site and in the Home Office. (more…)

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Introducing Taylor Anderson, the newest member of the Global Works home office!

Posted: 03 / 07 / 2012
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Taylor joined the Global Works team at the beginning of the year and is excited to tackle the roll of Office Assistant this spring. Originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, Taylor recently migrated to Boulder, Colorado where she “oohs” and “ahhs” over the mountains on a daily basis. A graduate of the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington, she studied French and Art History and spent a year studying abroad in Paris, France and Rabat, Morocco.  Since graduation, she has traveled and worked in New Zealand, Maine, Pennsylvania and now Colorado.  Taylor loves to hike in the Boulder foothills, run, row, cross-country ski and be outside as much as possible. In the past, she has taught canoeing and led wilderness trips for a girl’s camp in Maine and she currently leads weekend excursions for middle-school girls in the Boulder area. She is thrilled to be working in the Global Works office and is looking forward to leading her first Global Works trip this summer!

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Support Literacy Initiatives in Guatemala

Posted: 11 / 08 / 2011
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It’s 100 Book Day season once again! 100 Book Day started in 2009 when Katie (former Global Works Leader and Office Homie) and her son Finn started talking about what it would be like to read one hundred books in one day! What transpired was an idea for them to do just that, and in doing so, to raise money and awareness for Reading Village.  Reading Village is a non-profit organization that focuses on children in Guatemala while working collaboratively with residents of impoverished villages to create programs that develop a culture of reading. (more…)

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Global Works Home Office Welcomes Hillary!

Posted: 06 / 21 / 2011
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Hillary is the newest member of the Home Office. This summer, she is helping with trip preparations for all of the Summer Service Adventure trips and learning about office operations while partaking in a 8 week internship.  Read a bit about Hillary below:

As a Colorado native, Hillary has yet to get away from the beautiful Rocky Mountains that she calls home.  Growing up in Loveland, Colorado, she has been able to enjoy the great hiking trails and beautiful scenery that is right in her back yard.  Hillary developed her love of traveling and service work at age 12 when she started traveling with her youth group program and went on service trips once a year.  She was lucky enough to continue this tradition with Global Works when she went to Peru with them in May 2011. Currently, she is studying at the University of Colorado in Boulder and hopes to graduate with degrees in anthropology and international affairs.  Working in the office for Global Works has been a great opportunity for Hillary and she hopes to continue doing service work and traveling in her future.

Read a bit about her Peru adventures here: University of Colorado Peru

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