Archive for October, 2007

Bullied student tickled pink by schoolmates’ T-shirt campaign

Here is a great story of how a simple act can have a profound effect:

Bullied student tickled pink by schoolmates’ T-shirt campaign

Two Nova Scotia students are being praised across North America for the way they turned the tide against the bullies who picked on a fellow student for wearing pink.

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Making a difference in Canada…Lifecycle

Here’s a few pics of what Chris was up to last week. Anyone of you can take your passions and put them to work, get out there and make a difference in your world. I mean, if Chris can…jk, love that guy, love what he is doing, check it out!
At University of British […]

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Important News about School of Leadership

Our School of Leadership has an exciting new development for 2008, and we would like to share it with you!

Due to popular demand, we are planning two start dates for 2008!

The first school of the year will be an 8 month program running from January 10th-August 13th, 2008. The school year will be an exciting mix of 20 weeks in Canada, 13 weeks in Dominican Republic, and an amazing social justice curriculum that will change the way you think and change your world view! While in Canada, our students tour the high schools of our nation with one of our road teams. While in Dominican Republic, our students will be involved with an innovative Social Justice Curriculum, working in the local communities, and helping to host our July Hero Holidays.

We will also be running our regular 9 month program from August 20th, 2008-May 31, 2009, with our students traveling to Mexico for thirteen weeks.

This means that you have two options if you are interested in joining Absolute in the coming year! We are accepting a maximum of 20 students for each term, so if you’re interested, please get your applications in as soon as possible, as we cannot accept any more applications once a semester is full.

During both programs, you will experience a wide range of opportunities and possibilities. (more...)

I battled with anxiety most of my life…Student Blog, Johnston Ho

I battled anxiety for most of my life, but I’ve gotten much better. I have been to the point where I felt like I deserved to feel this way and I should just live with it. I have been to the point where I felt motionless, nothing made me happy and everything made […]

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LIFE CYCLE

Alright everyone, check out the article about Life Cycle and what Chris is doing in good ol’ P-Town.
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/stories.php?id=66884
Listen up Okanagan…Karaoke for a Cause! Join the event, first major funraiser coming up on October 17th, 6-10pm, 945 Main St., Penticton, $5 at the door, there will be a talent show, karaoke, live music, lots of food, […]

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Thanksgiving Paragliding

So we were having a lazy thanksgiving day in Sylvan Lake, Alberta and needed to get some fresh air, so what better to do than to strap our Team 2 girls into an oversized piece of nylon with strings and toss them into the wind!IMG_5022
Since we really didn’t have much of a hill, I hooked up some rope and tried out the old fashioned human tow:

I managed to launch Andy, Kelsey and Lena into the air for their first successful solo paragliding flights (not parasailing… that is what old ladies do in Mexico. Paragliders fly for hours and 100’s of km in a single flight with just the power of the wind). These girls caught very quickly, nailing some sweet landings and doing much better than Ricky Martin.
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The dog however has more interested in looking cool and eating boogers.
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After managing to pull of a bunch of small flights, I hooked up a longer rope to Kelsey and was able to pull her at 30 ft for the entire length of the soccer field for one awesome flight.

Absolute on Channel 6 News

Absolute recently played at John Diefenbaker Secondary School in Hanover, ON. Channel 6 news covered the event, and here is the news clip that aired on Monday, Oct 1 2007:




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