Travel volunteering has long been a pillar of the backpacking community. However, while some opportunities lead to careers and life-long passions, others end in disaster.

A luxury trip to an exotic destination in Africa, Asia, South America or Oceania can also help others, either local communities or wildlife.

Instead of soaking in the sun poolside or lounging around a luxurious hotel, more travelers are spending their vacations creating trails in the Faeroe Islands, digging into the earth of Patagonia or ...

You don't have to give up your vacation to give back. — -- There's a lot of appeal in the idea of a volunteer vacation: giving back while getting away, getting to know the "real" people of a the ...

Only Action News Jax got the chance to go inside the St. Augustine Airport, where a small crew of volunteer pilots from ...

Spartans pose for a picture during their first day volunteering at a children’s hospital. They were trained to be a unit buddy, worked in the emergency department and walked around with an activity ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WFRV) – Many know St. Vincent de Paul for its thrift stores. But behind the storefronts are volunteers quietly crossing northeast Wisconsin, delivering more than just donated goods.

CALIFORNIA (CBS 58) -- Typically, volunteers from the Red Cross arrive right after a natural disaster, like a hurricane. They're there to help victims literally pick up the pieces of what's left ...

Retirees Laura and Glenn Byrd volunteer with Cape Fear Habitat for Humanity, helping to build affordable housing. The couple recently traveled to Guatemala with Habitat for Humanity's Global Village ...