During the summer of 2006, four staff members traveled to New York City volunteering to help paint schools. Three of the teachers participated the summer before. One teacher supervised the program, working all summer. The other staff members worked one week. Anita Williams, Tabitha Easter, Amy McCain, and Trae Wyatt worked in the Bronx, Queens, and Harlem.
Kay Collins traveled to Boston, Massachusetts to participate in a National Endowment for the Humanities work week called Inventing America-Lowell: The Industrial Revolution. She studied the Industrial Revolution and its impact on America. At the same time, she visited historic sites, taking pictures to share with her students. Sites she visited included Orchard House (home of Louisa May Alcott), USS Constitution, Paul Revere's house, and Boston Harbor.
Tabitha Easter spent two weeks living and studying at Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington. Mount Vernon is located outside Washington, D.C. on the Potomac River. She studied the life and times of George Washington and spent time with scholars who have devoted their professional careers to the study of early America. Being allowed to sit on the piazza of Mount Vernon after visitors had left the grounds proved to be an inspiring experience for all participants.