- 22 Feb 2024 – Lifetouch Memory Mission 2024 – National Association of Secondary School Principals
- 13 Feb 2024 – Hot Springs superintendent helps build sustainable school in Guatemala – The Sentinel-Record
- 9 Feb 2024 – Memory Mission Part 2: The Present is a Present – SBO Perspectives
- 29 Apr 2023 – Lessons in Gratitude, Community, and Transformation – National Association of Elementary School Principals
- 17 Feb 2023 – Lifetouch Memory Mission trip builds school in Guatemala – Star Tribune
- 15 Feb 2023 – Minnesota volunteers build schoolhouse in Central America made from plastic bottles – CBS Minnesota
- 28 Jan 2023 – Same Goals, Worlds Apart – National Association of Elementary School Principals
- 10 Nov 2022 – Lifetouch Celebrates More Than 20 Years of Memory Missions By Building a School in Guatemala Out of Recycled Plastic Bottles – PR Newswire
- 8 Jun 2021 – Guatemala gains Auroran Chrissy Wright’s helping hands – The Voice
- 13 May 2021 – Rock County woman to help build ‘bottle school’ in Guatemala – GazetteXtra
- 12 May 2021 – Clobes helps build ‘bottle school’ in Guatemala – Beloit Daily News
- 17 Aug 2020 – Hug It Forward Builds Hope in Latin America – Borgen Magazine
- 30 Jun 2019 – Bottle Classrooms. A Lesson in Community Empowerment, Accountability & Learning – Corkscrew Thinking
- 9 Jan 2019 – Hampden Academy Host Play it Forward V CD Drive – Fox Bangor
- 9 Jan 2019 – From Maine to Guatemala: Hampden Academy students to ‘Hug it Forward’ – The Maine Edge
- 11 Dec 2018 – In the highlands of Guatemala, finding hope and the impact of the U.S. – Idaho Statesman
- 17 Nov 2018 – Could ecobricks be a new solution to Scotland’s plastic waste? – The Sunday Post
- 23 Apr 2018 – The Soda Bottle School – The Epoch Times
- 13 Feb 2018 – Students build ‘bottle houses’ as part of Guatemala service trip – The Scribe
- 1 Feb 2018 – Schools made from plastic bottles help children and the environment – Theirworld
- 30 Jan 2018 – WorldVentures Foundation Shows its Heart to Serve in 2017 – Digital Journal
- 31 Dec 2017 – Wearable artwork for feet: FSU senior launches shoe business – The Metrowest Daily News
- 6 Dec 2017 – Hug It Forward Concert – Stargazers Theatre
- 4 Oct 2017 – Faculty and staff direct short-term programs abroad in 2017-2018 – UCCS Communique
- 12 Jun 2017 – 13 Memories from Hugging It Forward In Guatemala – LUSH
- 5 Feb 2017 – WorldVentures Foundation & Hug It Forward: Bottle Schools – Travel Club That Pays
- 21 Dec 2016 – Family Builds Bottle School In Honor Of Nixa Teen – Ozarks First
- 1 Dec 2016 – Pampanga students build ‘bottle school’ – INQUIRER.NET
- 21 Sep 2016 – WorldVentures Foundation – Meela Bliss
- 9 Sep 2016 – WorldVentures Foundation Presents Heart to Serve Mission in New Music Video by Inspirational Rapper Princeton Marcellis – PR Newswire
- 23 Jun 2016 – Beaches Rotaract raises funds to build ‘bottle school’ in Guatemala – Ponte Vedra Recorder
- 14 Apr 2016 – My Bottle-School Experience – WorldVentures Foundation
- 11 Apr 2016 – WorldVentures Gains “Momentum,” Gives Back and Unveils New Foundation Branding – PR Newswire
- 4 Apr 2016 – 8 Days in a Guatemalan Village – Getlife Architecture
- 21 Mar 2016 – Overcoming obstacles to education delivery – Teacher Magazine
- 18 Mar 2016 – St. John’s Military School ‘Old Boy’ does good work for students in Guatemala – PR Newswire
- 18 Jan 2016 – WorldVentures Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Solid Business Growth, Leading-edge Technology and Giving Back – PR Newswire
- 21 Dec 2015 – Local Efforts to Help Students In a Not-So Local Place – KSMU Ozarks Public Radio
- 11 Dec 2015 – Plastic Bottles Get New Life As Homes And Schools – Huffington Post Canada
- 23 Jul 2015 – Eco Building Blocks for a growing nation – Green Global Travel
- 13 Apr 2015 – Delinda Pushetonequa Travels to Guatemala to Build School Out of Trash – The Indian Leader
- 28 Feb 2015 – Why Are These Plastic Bottles So Valuable? – Love Clicks
- 23 Feb 2015 – Gaining a new perspective on other lands – Tri Lakes Tribune
- 15 Feb 2015 – Man raises $13K to build a school in Guatemala – Washington Times
- 9 Feb 2015 – Fashion Institute of Technology – Allevents.in
- 8 Feb 2015 – 100 under $100 – Womens Global Toolkit
- 24 Jan 2015 – MHS grad seeking to build school in Guatemala– Metro West Daily News
- 19 Jan 2015 – Marlborough native fundraises to build school in Guatemala– Community Advocate
- 27 Aug 2014 – CoFiA members return from Guatemala – Community of Friends in Action
- 28 Jul 2014 – Giving Back: Stela 9 x Hug it Forward – Stela 9
- 29 May 2014 – Dirt, Sweat and Smiles in Guatemala – LUSH Cosmetics Fresh Matters
- 29 May 2014 – EcoBricks and education: how plastic bottle rubbish is helping build schools – The Guardian
- 22 May 2014 – How Ideas Become Books (and Trash Became a School!) – Reading Today Online
- 21 May 2014 – Lush Cosmetics Is Working to Change the World – Marie Claire
- 19 Apr 2014 – Family learns as it lends hand – Fairmont Sentinel
- 17 Apr 2014 – WorldVentures Foundation raises nearly $700K for schools in Guatamala – PlanoStar Courier
- 28 Jan 2014 – Behind the Scenes of a Bottle School – Virgin Megastore Blog
- 11 Dec 2013 – How You Can Help Build Bottle Schools for Kids in Guatemala – Jaunted
- 03 Dec 2013 – Building with bottle bricks – The Caldron
- 28 Oct 2013 – Voluntourism exposes Guatemala’s soul – The Province
- 27 Oct 2013 – Record on the Road: Guatemala – NorthJersey.com
- 23 Oct 2013 – This School Used to Be a Plastic Bottle – The Huffington Post
- 15 Oct 2013 – Escuelas Ecológicas – Revista Actitud (Spanish)
- 26 Aug 2013 – Embassy San Salvador: The Bottle School – League of Green Embassies
- 07 Aug 2013 – Teacher from Madison helps build schools in Guatemala – New Jersey Hills
- 13 Jul 2013 – Ramadan target: get Guatemalan school build in the bottle – The National
- 10 Jul 2013 – WorldVentures Foundation Raises Over $100,000 For Hug It Forward – The Wall Street Journal
- 03 Jul 2013 – One Life, One Bottle – Virgin Megastore Blog
- 18 Jun 2013 – Ubuntu Hair Studio in Solana Beach makes an international impact thanks to local generosity – Del Mar Times
- 10 May 2013 – Hug It Forward, Building Schools from Trash – Mesa Pública
- 26 Apr 2013 – INSIGHT: Upcycling – Building a new future from yesterday’s waste – The Citizen
- 15 Mar 2013 – Ocean Knoll Farm Nurtures Good Health and Global Stewardship – Encinitas Patch
- 06 Mar 2013 – LUSH Hugs It Forward in Guatemala – LUSH
- 26 Feb 2013 – Travel in retirement — Oh, the places you’ll go – Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal
- 06 Feb 2013 – Turning Bottles into Schools – The Durango Herald
- 23 Jan 2013 – Using Plastic Bottles to Build Schools: Hug It Forward – TapIt
- 15 Jan 2013 – Hug it Forward : Plastic Bottle Walls for Schools – Design on GOOD
- 27 Dec 2012 – Bottle Schools – yes schools made out of plastic and glass bottles.. – Café Mom
- 21 Dec 2012 – From Green Fashion to Building Bottle Schools- El Salvador Has Big Plans for 2013 – Let’s Do It! World
- 07 Dec 2012 – RECYCLING: Program Converts Trash into School Buildings – The Press-Enterprise
- 25 Nov 2012 – Hug It Forward Builds Schools with Plastic Bottles – The State Press
- 16 Oct 2012 – Building Schools Trumps Real Estate Deals for Fort Lewis College Graduate – Durango Herald
- 15 Oct 2012 – Business Alumnus Featured in O The Oprah Magazine for Building Guatemalan Schools – Fort Lewis
- 25 Sep 2012 – Turning trash into building material – What’s Next List CNN
- 31 Aug 2012 – Bottle School T-Shirts! – Manna Project International Guatemala
- 28 Aug 2012 – Hug It Forward (Puerto Rico Charity) – YouTube (MattPriceMusic)
- 15 Aug 2012 – Building Schools with…Trash? – The Oprah Blog
- 07 Aug 2012 – Bottled Up – O, The Oprah Magazine
- 31 Jul 2012 – Hug It Forward Ventures To Guatamela Help Fund New Facilities – TrendHunter
- 28 Jul 2012 – Hug It Forward – Latin America – LUSH Times
- 06 Jul 2012 – Hug it Forward in El Salvador – Central American Politics
- 05 Jul 2012 – Plastic Bottles Offering Education in Central America – Fox News Latino
- 27 Jun 2012 – Hug it Forward and Pay it Forward – Tanya Moore
- 22 Jun 2012 – Hug it Forward Bottle School – Project Somos
- 18 Jun 2012 – “Bottle Schools”: Trash + Awareness = Education – TEDxGuatemalaCity
- 15 May 2012 – Hampden students raise funds for school building in Guatemala – Bangor Daily News
- 15 May 2012 – Bottle School, Pachay, Guatemala – Jade Antoine
- 24 Mar 2012 – Program Allows College Graduates to Travel the World and Get Paid – News Channel 5
- 03 Mar 2011 – Teacher from Westfield helping with Guatemela aid project – NJ.com
- 07 Feb 2011 – How To Build Your Own Bottle School – GoAnimate
- 04 Feb 2012 – Hug It Forward: Schools built from bottles – ReKalibrate
- 08 Jan 2012 – Helping to make the world greener – and more plastic – Gulf News
- 04 Jan 2012 – Woman, son build school out of bottles – Mustang Times
- 03 Jan 2012 – Giving Back to ‘Hug it Forward”! – Red Tricycle
- 01 Jan 2012 – Pinoy citizen ambassador presents eco bricks idea to UN – GMA News
- 01 Jan 2012 – Building schools with plastic bottles – Michael Straus’ Blog
- 31 Dec 2011 – Hug It Forward – Creating Change For Children in Guatemala – JT Liss
- 21 Dec 2011 – Extra! Extra! AGC Bottle Schoolers to Guatemala! – The Academy for Global Citizenship Blog
- 21 Dec 2011 – Pinoy OFW, First UN Citizen Ambassador – Balitang America
- 18 Dec 2011 – Hug It Forward – Jenn Jettner Kindergarten
- 05 Dec 2011 – Hug It Forward: Magic in a Bottle – Inspiration Line
- 17 Nov 2011 – Radier Relief Launches Bottle School Blitz – The Review
- 17 Nov 2011 – Bottle School Blitzing – University of Mount Union
- 16 Nov 2011 – Raider Relief launches Bottle School Blitz – The Alliance Review
- 12 Nov 2011 – Hug It Forward Interview – My Year of Hugs
- 07 Nov 2011 – Building Schools and Houses Out of Plastic Trash – Costal Care
- 03 Nov 2011 – New Bottle School Movie by Chad Littlepage – YouTube Travelstallion
- 03 Nov 2011 – Local Teacher Helping Build Schools in Guatemala – Pro8News
- 26 Oct 2011 – GSU Student Embarks on Ultimate Sabatical – Mother Nature Network
- 25 Oct 2011 – How do You Build a School from Trash? – New Grandmas
- 20 Oct 2011 – Grad Student Turns Trash into Treasure – Metro Atlanta News
- 10 Oct 2011 – Bottle Schools, Escuelas De Plastico – Nomada (Spanish)
- 10 Oct 2011 – My Future, Your Plastic Bottles – Youngzine
- 09 Oct 2011 – Recycle Soda Bottles into Schools – Foodista
- 08 Oct 2011 – Communites of Guatemala – Idieas Green (In Portuguese)
- 05 Oct 2011 – Bottle Build Schools – Much Better Adventures
- 04 Oct 2011 – Bottle Schools – Interelementry
- 04 Oct 2011 – The Bottle School Documentry Fundraiser – The Denver Egotist
- 04 Oct 2011 – Building Community Bottle By Bottle – Exchange My Phone
- 28 Sep 2011 – Turning Trash into Treasure – Mayan Threads
- 28 Sep 2011 – The Power of Community: Schools Built From Trash Not Bricks – TEDxVienna
- 27 Sep 2011 – Bottled Knowledge: Rubbish Schools Can Save a Generation – Counsel
- 27 Sep 2011 – Guatemalan Bottle Schools – El Julio Hugo
- 26 Sep 2011 – A School in a Bottle, Or many bottles recycled – Leaf Warbler
- 23 Sep 2011 – Watch Cute Kids Build Their Own School – Grist
- 22 Sep 2011 – Upcycling is the new recycling – TedWasHere
- 20 Sep 2011 – New Bits – Resource Recycling
- 20 Sep 2011 – Colegios construidos con botellas de plástico – Yorokobu (Spanish)
- 20 Sep 2011 – Guatemalan Schools Built From Plastic Bottles – Sea-thos Foundation
- 20 Sept 2011 – Hug It Forward Bottle School Projects – Responsibuild
- 20 Sep 2011 – Schools in Guatemala Built from Plastic Bottles Shine with Opportunity – Green Post
- 19 Sep 2011 – 5 Amazing Structures Made from Plastic Bottles – Earth 911
- 19 Sep 2011 – Communities learn to build low-cost schools from plastic bottles – Engineering for Change
- 19 Sep 2011 – Guatemalan Schools Built From Plastic Bottles, Not Bricks – Good.Is
- 15 Sep 2011 – Hug It Forward, See what they are up to! – Pay It Forward Experience
- 01 Sep 2011 – Top Ten Stay Classy Finalist – Stay Classy
- 25 Aug 2011 – Hug It Forward Constructs Bottle Schools – Inspired Water
- 19 Aug 2011 – Trash to Treasure – Living On Earth
- 19 Aug 2011 – Hug It Forward Builds Plastic Bottle Schools in Guatemala – Blue Channel
- 19 Aug 2011 – Help Build Schools – Holstee
- 19 Aug 2011 – “Hug It Forward” Bottles Schools – Canal Azul (Spanish)
- 18 Aug 2011 – “Hug It Forward” Build Schools in Latin America – TV Verde (Spanish)
- 14 Aug 2011 – – Medioambiente (Spanish)
- 13 Aug 2011 – Bottle Schools – Mr. Kate
- 10 Aug 2011 – Chilasco’s “Bottle School” Keeps on Building Thanks to BWB – Burners Without Borders
- 04 Aug 2011 – Hug It Forward Builds Sustainable Schools – InHabitat
- 03 Aug 2011 – Peace Corp volunteers uses plastic to build schools – Green Heritage News
- 03 Aug 2011 – Volunteers with a lot of bottle builds green school – Green Times
- 05 Jul 2011 – Plastic Bottle Schools – Green Sheep
- 01 Jul 2011 – Plastic Bottle Schools in Guatemala – Ecochica 101
- 22 Jun 2011 – How to Turn 8,000 Plastic Bottles into a School – Smithsonian Magazine
- 21 Jun 2011 – Reduce Reuse Recycle- Efforts Reconginzed in Northern Guatemala – Counterpart.is
- 20 Jun 2011 – Dreaming Got Himself a School – Paud Permata Personal Blog (In Indonesian)
- 17 Jun 2011 – Bottle Schools – Inspiration Green
- 08 Jun 2011 – A Hug Becomes A School – Greenvana (In Portuguese)
- 01 Jun 2011 – Help Build Schools using PET Bottles (In Portuguese)
- 01 Jun 2011 – Building Schools with Recycled Plastic Bottles – Care 2
- 28 May 2011 – How To Build Schools Out of Plastic Bottles… – Do It Yourself Solar Guide
- 21 May 2011 – Youth Advisory Board – Manifest Foundation
- 06 May 2011 – Drink It In: 14 Buildings Made From Plastic Bottles – Life With In Me
- 05 May 2011 – Celebrate with Hugs! – Batty Cats
- 04 May 2011 – Zach Balle, World Ventures United, Manifest Foundation, Hug It Forward – Blip TV
- 30 Apr 2011 – Signing a contract – Chuchosenlacalle
- 30 Apr 2011 – Hug It Forward Hug – YouTube (Beenorth)
- 26 Apr 2011 – Plastic Bottle School in Guatemala – Tim Hoiland
- 22 Apr 2011 – Plant a Garden, Pack a Picnic: An Earth Day Family To Do List – Parent Dish
- 22 Apr 2011 – “Hug It Forward” – Spirit of Yolo
- 20 Apr 2011 – Bottles Build Schools – Toronto Metro
- 19 Apr 2011 – Just In Time For Earth Day – Plastic Bottle Schools – DOGO News
- 19 Apr 2011 – WorldVentures and Manifest Foundation Support Hug It Forward Movement – MyVegas.Net
- 19 Apr 2011 – Zach Balle, Manifest Foundation, Hug It Forward – VegasNetTV
- 14 Apr 2011 – Hug-It-Forward Launch – String Ring Blog
- 13 Apr 2011 – LHS Annex students raise funds for Bottle Schools – Eagle News
- 08 Apr 2011 – We’re Building a Classroom from Plastic Bottles – The Teacher’s Notebook
- 07 Apr 2011 – Discarded Plastic Bottles Put to New Use in Schools – PBS NewsHour
- 07 Apr 2011 – Plastic Bottle Madness – Chuchosenlacalle
- 06 Apr 2011 – Build a Brighter Future With Bottles – Voyager Magazine
- 27 Mar 2011 – Alternative Spring Break: Building Bottle Schools – Columbia University School of International & Public Affairs
- 23 Mar 2011 – Let’s Build a School! – Bottles for Education
- 17 Mar 2011 – Schools constructed from discarded plastic bottles – Springwise
- 15 Feb 2011 – Hug It Forward – Do The Green Thing
- 11 Feb 2011 – Bottle Schools – Juicebox
- 11 Feb 2011 – Trash to Treasure (transcript of radio interview) – Living On Earth (Public Radio International)
- 08 Feb 2011 – San Diego nonprofit raising donations and awareness for “bottle schools.” – Green Team Gazette
- 03 Feb 2011 – All that Glitters is Not Gold (sometimes, it’s recycled bottles) – La Vida Idealist
- 26 Janu 2011 – TV interview with Chris Barry, Hug It Forward’s International Director of Bottle Scools – Conocimiento Es Poder
- 21 Jan 2011 – Children in Guatemala Use Plastic Bottles to Build Schools – Tap It
- 18 Jan 2011 – Hug It Forward constrói escolas de garrafas plásticas na Guatemala – Blog Ekos (Brazil)
- 14 Jan 2011 – The Greenest Green Schools Around the World – Planet Green
- 14 Jan 2011 – NGN Latin America: Plastic Bottles, Rains, and Palangre – NetGreen News
- 13 Jan 2011 – Seeding Education, and Environmental Awareness, in Guatemala with Plastic Bottle Schools – Tree Hugger
- 27 Dec 2010 – “Core Principles” – Voluntourism Gal blog
- 20 Dec 2010 – “Building Schools with Plastic Bottles” – Outsmart Waste
- 15 Dec 2010 – “How to build a school using plastic bottles” – The Plastiki Blog
- 06 Dec 2010 – “Usando lixo para construir escolas” – Responsabilidade Social Nas Escolas (Brazil)
- 01 Oct 2010 – PRESS RELEASE: Local nonprofit completes construction of bottle school #4
- 28 Aug 2010 – “Architecting a better future for kids everywhere” – Voyager Magazine
- 21 Jun 2010 – Hug It Forward, Building Schools with Hugs – Travel Worldwide 4 Less
- 08 Jun 2010 – PRESS RELEASE: Volunteers help build classrooms in Guatemalan village from old plastic bottles and trash
- 15 May 2010 – “Hug It Forward Movement” – The Power of “WE”
- 03 May 2010 – Bottle Project Cements Community Pride – Issue 2, Peace Corps Times 2010
- 22 Apr 2010 – “Every Day is Earth Day for Peace Corps Volunteers” – White House official web site
- 22 Apr 2010 – “Building a School With Empty Bottles” – World News Tonight with Diane Sawyer, ABC News
- 02 Feb 2010 – “Kutner packs a lot into life, bottles” – The Jewish Review
- 28 Jan 2010 – “6,000 Plastic Bottles + Some Dedicated Villagers = New Schoolhouse in Guatemala” – Planet Green, The Discovery Channel
- 05 Jan 2010 – “Portlander uses plastic bottles to build classrooms, community in Guatemala” – The Oregonian