Educational Needs

In November of 2017, my father and I went on a trip to Ecuador. As we were planning, we came across Pack for a Purpose! I decided that this would be a great Eagle Scout project. It meets all of the requirements, and it was for something that I felt was important, education. So I... Continue reading

When my family and I started planning a trip to Africa, we scoured all of these travel blogs and found out a lot of people bring small things to share with the children they meet. We loved the idea and kept a running list of what they mentioned—chocolates, balloons, pencils—but found out candy isn’t a... Continue reading

Outback Adventures is an Adventure Tour Company located in the Dominican Republic. We offer travelers to our island, a unique experience on getting to know the real island life outside the resorts and learn about our culture and history. Since we founded the company back in 1997, it was agreed that supporting the community should... Continue reading

I think I can speak on behalf of the whole group when I say this school visit made our trip! It was such a delight to see as well as interact with all the different students. To see their smiling faces was such an inspiration – we even got to hear them sing! It’s a... Continue reading

Our group of 13 people had the pleasure of spending Christmas in Jamaica this year!  Pack for a Purpose made it possible for us to bring gifts to the Barrett Town All Age School. We stayed at the Iberostar resort in Montego Bay. Although this resort is not affiliated with PfaP, it was still an... Continue reading

Traveling is a passion of mine, but so is kindness and giving back. One of my favorite quotes is from Ellen DeGeneres, “We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.” How can these passions be intersected? Answer: Pack for a Purpose. I am a firm believer... Continue reading

Last September, my now husband AJ and I got engaged and were married 10 months later on a beautiful mountain in Vermont. While it was an amazing and beautiful day, it didn’t come without months of stressful wedding planning. Since we wanted a cultural, unique honeymoon experience, we decided to use a travel agent to... Continue reading

We have been ‘Packing for a Purpose’ accidentally for a few years now. We have always be against giving sweets or toys directly to street children so on previous trip to India, we have taken pens, soaps and shampoos to distribute to the children we met and we also raised money before one trip for... Continue reading

On the morning of August 31st 2014, I woke up to what would be a life changing event. I was having a stroke. I found the cause was a hole in my heart, which required an operation five months later. Surviving these medical difficulties caused me to view this as my second chance at life.... Continue reading

I started planning a trip to Africa (top of my bucket list) a year ago, fulfilling a lifelong dream.  In the process of the numerous preparations, and my subsequent blabbing about going, a friend asked me if I had ever heard of Pack for a Purpose. I had no idea what it was or how... Continue reading