WorldVentures is going places. More precisely, the group travel agency’s 450,000 members are going places, presenting a rare opportunity to give back in communities around the world.

The World Federation of Direct Selling Associations (WFDSA) and its Global Research Sub-committee have published the research calendar for 2016. The Sub-committee conducts the Global Direct Selling Statistical Survey each year on a global, regional and local basis, seeking to accomplish the following:

Raise $40,000 and bring a small Rwandan boy home to Austin, Texas. That was Jessica Honegger’s mission five years ago—a daunting task faced by so many wishing to adopt a child internationally. But Honegger brought an entrepreneurial business background to the effort.

In business, as in life, our reputation depends on the value of what we offer. As executives in the direct selling industry, customers and distributors count on our commitment to provide them with superior products and services. At 4Life® Global Headquarters, we approach quality as a commitment built into every step of the production process, from ideation to delivery.

Did you know that, after the federal government, trade associations are the second-largest employer in the Washington, D.C., area? Despite this impressive fact, many people, however, actually do not know what a trade association is, or does. But we at DSA definitely do.

It’s hard to believe another year is about to come to a close.