Mary and Laura Bloomer are students at Broad Meadows Middle School in Quincy, Massachusetts and representatives of Broad Meadows' two-year old Operations Day's Work program, which is an international youth volunteer program sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development. Mary and Laura Bloomer will discuss their experiences as international volunteers in the Operation Days Work program. ODW is a new organization run by students. Each year ODW students select a developing country to study. They also design an educated-related project for which they will raise funds, such as school construction or repair, or school supplies and textbooks.
Students organize a work day to raise funds for the project they have selected.
This 12-month celebration is an opportunity for increased awareness and promotion of volunteerism. Millions of volunteers around the world will be recognized. Visit our contact page to find the appropriate resource.