International dishes hand-prepared by Désirée, board member and volunteer cook. International wines donated by Total Wines & More in Brea. Various display installations and conversation coaching starter activities were conducted. Display of our Nonprofit and its work was also a hit.
MEMBER IMMERSION TRIPS
Hosted biennially for members. Provides global exposure, wellness practices, and learning opportunities to connect, explore, and discover.
2026 Trip to Scotland Highlights. We’ve reserved an entire Scottish Grande Estate on Loch Tay with a private healthy chef who is contracted by us. There will be day trips to an ancient Scottish Cultural Immersion Center, eco-tour boat ride, art & poetry instruction, cooking lesson with our chef, and an optional local castle tour along with full access to the on-site yoga/exercise room, private library, and acres of hikes, gardens, and more. Then we are picked up by a private tour company for a customized five days touring sites, castles, museums, boat rides, whiskey tasting, restuarants, site-seeing walks, and more at Loch Lomond, Isle of Skye, Loch Ness, Inverness, St. Andrews, Dumferline, and Edinburgh where there will be free time to explore on your own. Our team will see the grave of Robert the Bruce and have special access to Scottish games and a private curling lesson, as well as drinks in the oldest pub in Scotland and access to the famous Edinburgh castle. Don’t miss this one!
2026 Scotland Trip Availability
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Impact 2024: Japan & Alaska.
This all-inclusive interculture trip included people who had never left the US before. One traveler was featured in our Stop Digging podcast – listen to season 2 episode 14. Many learned Japanese, had a Samurai/Ninja and tea experience with a side of history. All ate authentic food, visited a crane center or took tours and walks to see local wildlife and fish markets. In Alaska, the team had serveral wildlife eco-tours and partook of local food, drink, & native museums. The team was provided their individualized Meyer-Briggs personality reports (16 pgs), along with a discussion what it means and their “two-cows” analogy. They participated in a fun team creativity project featuring Godzilla and King Kong that we turned into a VIDEO.
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- Mt. Fuji View in Tokyo
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- Kyoto Kimono Tea Experience
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- Temple & Memorial Visit
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- 1/3 Team Touring Temples & Tram Areas
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- Cultural Center: Making Lanterns
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- Seward, Alaska City View from Docks
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- Godzilla/King Kong Team Project
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- Alaska Wildlife Tour Start
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- Visiting a Crane Protection Center
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- Team Attended Cherry Blossom Festivals
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- Team Member Chosen to Play Japanese Drums at Cultural Center
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- Japanese Gardens with the A2LAMPS Team Backpack
Impact 2022: Italy.
Our wellness trip to Italy had diversity of age, gender, marriage, health, & travel. They experienced cultural learning & relationships; organic farm-to-table meals; organic earth-friendly wine-making methods; nature, spa treatments, & exercise to improve mood; & customized virtues report & Risk Compass report to build awareness of risk profile areas & values strengths. See all of the amazing Italy photos HERE in our gallery.
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- 1/2 of Team Dining Out
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- Trip Hosts who also Drove for Us
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- Couple on Gondola in Venice
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- Couple on our Fancy Team Dining Out Meal
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- Dressing Up for an Authentic Italian Meal
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- Organic Wine-Making Education & Tasting
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- Where We Stayed
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- On our Day trip
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- Organic Wine
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- Outdoor Exercise – Beautiful Walk