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The VISTA Life Cycle
This guide provides telephone numbers, websites, addresses, and tips which helped
us address “key development areas” that arose during each phase of our VISTA Life
Cycles. As you may have learned at pre-service orientation the VISTA Life Cycle
model is comprised of five segments; Setting Out, Learning the Ropes, Cautiously
Contributing, Performing Your Best, and Transferring Capacity. For the most part
we found this model to be reflective of our experiences.

The Cooperation for National and Community Service. (n.d) Navigating the VISTA
Lifecycle (Course, Flash). Retrieved from
http://www.vistacampus.org/mod/book/view.php?id=1507

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