Volunteer Voices

Everything about my experience at the environmental work camp in Nea Makri through ELIX was amazing! Our camp coordinator Vassalis Paissios was one of the high points of the camp – he is a combination of organized, laid-back, creative, thoughtful, inspiring – and it was his first work camp! I hope he does one again. They told me I was the first American woman to attend a work camp in ELIX, so that made me feel a little bit special. It was fantastic to meet the Elena, the founder of ELIX, and we even had a project director from Turkey on staff, who gave a special presentation on work camps in his country. I was incredibly impressed by the people who came to the work camp. I didn’t know that it was a family camp, and it turned out to be wonderful. We all got along right from the beginning – I just wish the camp were longer. The accommodations were superior, and we were served out of the camp’s cafeteria – on days that didn’t happen, we ate with the camp. Free days were amazing, and on our last free day Vassalis organized an optional outing to a nearby island and the small group that attended had a spectacular day. We suggested putting together a work camp on that island, because we would all come back again. Overall I had a really wonderful experience and plan to do more work camps through VP in the future.\"

Laura Levaas ~ Greece 2010