Best Way to Get Across the Sea

YMCA Global Teens

With service, a homestay, and a spate of activities and opportunities, the YMCA's Global Teens program is one of the best ways to see the world as a nontourist. The intention is to expand your worldliness, 14 to 18 year-olds, without breaking the bank. Participants engage in fundraising efforts (money doesn't grow on trees, y'know, but a lot of folks would willingly invest in your experiences abroad). Should you make it through the application and interview process, you'll have the summer experience that'll blow all your mates away when that perennial question inevitably pops up: "So, what did you do with your summer?" Oh, you just became a fully committed global citizen, that's all!

YMCA TownLake Branch
1100 W. Cesar Chavez, 512/542-9622
www.austinymca.org