| MISSION STATEMENT
Founded in August 2001, My Travel Bug, Inc. is a non-profit organization
promoting the educational benefits of international travel. We believe
international travel teaches tolerance, cross-cultural awareness and communication
skills, wisdom which cannot be learned in a classroom. International travel
is indispensable as the world’s economies merge and the internet
brings us closer together.
PROGRAMS
www.MyTravelBug.org
My Travel Bug, Inc. publishes a website open to the public This website
has travelogues, photographs, a travel grant directory and travel site
information. By collecting and publishing stories, pictures and audio
of people’s travels as they occur, we educate and engage our readers
in their quest to learn more about our planet, the cultures of its peoples
and the creatures that inhabit it.
Travel Bug Fellowships
My Travel Bug, Inc. offers travel Fellowships for U.S. citizens financially
unable to travel. These Fellowships provide stipends to top quality
writers for trips overseas for 1, 2 or 3 months. All U.S. citizens over
the age of 16, regardless of race, gender or religion, may apply for
a Travel Bug Fellowship. Winning Fellows are required to write travelogues
and take pictures of their trips. These stories, pictures and audio
are then published on our website for the benefit of our readers. Depending
on fundraising efforts and annual budget, we offer Fellowships twice
a year. See Sample Fellowship
Application.
Educational CD-ROMs and Books
In addition to the Fellowship Program, we plan to produce a multi-media
CD Rom each year incorporating the best writings of the website. Depending
on the yearly budget, CD’s will also be distributed to public schools
and libraries for educational purposes.
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Amanda O'Neil founded My Travel Bug, Inc. in August 2001. The Board
of Directors appointed her as Executive Director soon thereafter. My
Travel Bug, Inc. was started in reponse to Ms. O'Neil's experience in
college and afterwards where she saw many colleagues unable to study
abroad due to financial stress and/or lack of vacation time.
After several years in political campaigns, Ms. O'Neil escaped the
Washington beltway and the U.S. border. She has backpacked throughout
Australasia and Europe. For three years she lived and worked in Ho Chi
Minh City, Vietnam.
Ms. O'Neil has a Bachelor's degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics
from Pomona College in Claremont, CA. In 2006 she completed a Master's
in Development Finance at the University of Reading in England.
BOARD
OF DIRECTORS
Financial Reports are available upon request. My Travel Bug, Inc. is
a non-profit 501c3 organization.
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