"UPCOMING VIETNAM TEAM TRIP OPPORTUNITIES!" SECOND VIET NAM TRIP ANNOUNCEMENT FOR 2010 Vets With A Mission is pleased to announce its second humanitarian team experience to Da Nang, Viet Nam in 2010. Dates of this team trip are July 14 – 30, 2010. Trip price is $3,399 per person double occupancy plus a $100 non-refundable deposit. Both medical/health and non-medical/health volunteers are needed! Viet Nam veterans are given first priority on the team, but non-veterans are encouraged to participate. There is room for thirty (30) volunteers, and team members will be accepted on a first interest-first deposit received basis. The team will work 7 days. Team members travel to San Francisco on July 14 (at your expense). The flight to Viet Nam is that night, after mid-night or July 15, and arrives in Ho Chi Minh City July 16. The team will overnight in Saigon in a 5 star hotel for two nights. On July 18 the team will fly to Da Nang. The team will work July 19-23, have the weekend of July 24-25 free, and complete work July 26-27. The team will complete its trip with two nights of R&R and a farewell event at the Furama Resort in honor of the Viet Nam vets on the team. The team leaves for Saigon on July 30 and connects to a flight to return to the US. That flight arrives the evening of July 30 in San Francisco. The trip price of $3,399 includes economy-class international airfare SFO-SGN-SFO, all in-country team ground and/or air transportation, all airport and hotel transfers, all hotels in Viet Nam with daily breakfast, one team dinner event, one team t-shirt, visa and processing. If you are interested in this team trip experience, please send an email to Chuck Ward at vetswithamission @backroads.net. Download the Da Nang, VIETNAM HUMANITARIAN TEAM APPLICATION here. HONG HA – HONG KIM – A LUOI HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL TEAM TRIP SEPTEMBER 22 – OCTOBER 5, 2010 Vets With A Mission is pleased to announce its third and final humanitarian team experience to the Central Highlands of VietNam. Dates of this team trip are September 22 – October 5, 2010. Trip price is $2,999 per person double occupancy plus a $100 non-refundable deposit. Medical/health and non-medical/health volunteers are needed! Viet Nam veterans are given first priority for a place on the team, but non-veterans are encouraged to participate. There is room for thirty (30) volunteers. Team members will be accepted on a first interest-first deposit received basis. Team members travel to San Francisco on September 22 (your expense). The flight to VietNam is that night, after mid-night or September 23 Thursday arriving in Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City the morning of Friday, September 24. The team will overnight in Saigon at the 5 star Renaissance Riverside Saigon Hotel for two nights. On September 26 the team will take a flight from HCMC/SGN to Hue-Phu Bai, and then travel by bus or vans to the District capitol of A Luoi. The five nights in A Luoi will be in a 2 Star Hotel and 2 Star Guesthouses. The team will be in A Luoi from Sunday through Saturday, September 26 – October 2. The team will work six consecutive days – two days in Hong Ha, two days at Hong Kim and another clinic site in A Luoi. On Saturday late afternoon or early evening, October 2, the team will leave and travels to Hue for one night at the Imperial Hotel. After lunch on Sunday, October 3, the team will depart for Da Nang and for two nights there, October 3 & 4. There will be a farewell event on China Beach (weather permitting) in honor of all Vietnam vets on the team Monday, October 4, at the Furama Resort - a 5 Star hotel. On Tuesday, October 5, the team leaves Da Nang early this afternoon for Saigon and connects to a late afternoon flight bound for the US. That flight arrives the evening of Tuesday, October 5. There is an optional overnight being offered in San Francisco but at additional expense, or you can choose to continue with your domestic flight home this evening. The trip price of $3,099 includes economy-class international airfare SFO-SGN-SFO, two economy-class flights in Viet Nam SGN-HUI and DAD-SGN, all airport transfers, all team ground transportation, all hotels in Vietnam with daily breakfast, one team dinner, one team t-shirt, visa and processing. If you are interested in participating, please send an email to Chuck Ward at vetswithamission @backroads.net to express your interest. Then click on the link below to get an application. Fill it out and mail it along with deposit to the address indicated. Download the HONG HA – HONG KIM – A LUOI HUMANITARIAN MEDICAL TEAM TRIP here. What do VWAM humanitarian teams do?Most teams are involved in a project and/or a medical team usually working out of a previously built or sponsored VWAM clinic in Da Nang City, Da Nang or Quang Nam Province. It could be in a ward or district in the city, or in a rural area in a province. Team trips are also taken to Dong Ha in Quang Tri Province and Hong Ha in Tua Thien Hue Province as well as other selected areas of Central and Southern Vietnam. There are both health/medical volunteer and non-health/non-medical volunteer opportunities on each team. Both Vietnam veterans (given preference) and non-veterans (repeat team members given priority) are encouraged to participate! Approximately 25 volunteer positions available on each team. For more information contact Chuck Ward at vetswithamission @backroads.net. Request information