Sicily Community Service

Every day after lunch we’ll have a few hours of free time to relax during the hottest part of the day. After dinner and dinner clean-up, everyone is free to hang out and enjoy the evening.

Yes. All participants must bring sturdy shoes to work in (hiking boots or any thick rubber soled shoes will do). You will also need a pair of work gloves. Please bring several changes of clothes that can (and will!) get dirty.

A re-usable water bottle (i.e. Nalgene) and sunscreen are essential.

Yes – In fact, we’ll be living and working with a Sicilian family who are the project managers. They are quite possibly the nicest, most generous and open family in all of Italy, and they welcome us with open arms. Their four children and their cousins and friends will also likely be around to work, cook and eat with us. This gives us a great opportunity to have an informal cultural exchange, trading words and games in Italian and English.

The Trip Leader for every trip is a seasoned teen travel professional with extensive TFT experience. Trip Leaders often live or have lived and worked in the destination country. Extensive knowledge of the language and culture of the destination is crucial. Our Senior Counselors are experienced, responsible and fun-loving, so our participants enjoy sharing experiences with them. At Travel for Teens we pride ourselves on our rigorous staff application process and the professionalism of our full time and summer staff.

It is the job of the counselors to keep the fun clean and happening, the learning and the laughter in good balance, and to oversee the safety of the participants. Minimum ratios are one staff member to every seven participants. Trips may also include one or two Junior Counselors, who are college students with a history of TFT travel, and one or more Counselors in Training (CIT’s) with limited responsibility. CIT’s are not counted in staff-participant ratios.