La Puente Home La Puente Home, in Alamosa, Colorado, is a temporary shelter providing food and advocacy programs in the six-county San Luis Valley, historically one of the poorest regions in Colorado. Volunteers would be invoved in a wide variety of projects. These include working at the shelter preparing meals, doing construction, and working at the Thrift Store maintained by La Puente. La Sabranenque La Sabranenque is a non-profit association that has been working since 1969 with volunteers in southern France on projects aimed toward the preservation, restoration, and revitalization of villages, simple monuments and rural sites. Participants come from a variety of countries to work in small teams with experienced workers on specific parts of the projects, sharing work, daily life and free time in the restored village of Saint Victor la Coste.
Projects take place in France and Italy, and participants stay in restored houses in the villages.
The projects take place in the summer only. Lake Metroparks Lake Metroparks is a county-run organization that services the residents of Lake County, located due east of Cleveland. They offer over 300 programs a year and manage over 25 parks and facilities. The parks seek to provide education and recreation compatible with the environment and to promote conservation of resources. Lake Metroparks also operates the Lake Farmpark, a working farm dedicated to teaching children about the science and culture of agriculture.