Quebec! We arrived at the school that we were staying at/playing at that night. The school was awesome! It has always been a childhood dream of mine to stay over night in a school and I fulfilled it twice. The next day we did a show for the school and there were around […]
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Adventures in Gaspe!
Published by September 30th, 2010 in Team 1, Road Team Blogs and Other Sites. ClosedGREETINGS FROM THE WILD WEST!
Published by September 27th, 2010 in Team 2, Road Team Blogs and Other Sites. ClosedThere’s a nervous excitement that settles into the bottom of a nomads belly before he or she begins scaling the open road. Familiarity promises to become a foreign concept, ‘home’ a word with questionable meaning, and maps resemble blueprints for moments of unimaginable joy. But that’s exactly why we do what we do: […]
...continue readingVolunteering at The Good Samaritan!
Published by September 24th, 2010 in School of Leadership. ClosedWell this week we volunteered at a home for the elderly called The Good Samaritan, which has about twenty residents living there. It is a great nursing home in Vicente Guerrero, just about a ten minute drive from were we live. People who live here are usually dropped off by the family never […]
...continue readingQUEBEC!
Published by September 24th, 2010 in School of Leadership, Team 1 and Road Team Blogs. ClosedSeptember 22nd, 2010, our first arrival in Quebec! A good long nine or so more hours of driving. Finally arriving in a town called “La Tuque”. When we first got there we were welcomed by the teachers and slowly started to unload our gear into the gym and get ready for tomorrows performance, […]
...continue readingThroughout our School of Leadership student’s year, they are asked to read numerous books to enhance their knowledge of global issues and to challenge their world views. One of the first books on the list is, ONE: A Face Behind the Numbers by our very own CEO, Vaden Earle. This book is great to learn […]
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Published by September 15th, 2010 in School of Leadership. ClosedMy dad has always told me “Matthew you’re not nervous, you’re excited. It’s the same emotion it just depends how you look at it.” I’m here to tell you; NERVOUS was definitely what I was. Today was our first day of teaching the English program that we came up with to […]
...continue readingSeptember 10, 2010
We are team one, and because there are ten of us and our road team leaders are Shane and Katie, we have dubbed ourselves, “Shane and Kate Plus Eight”
Today we had to be up and out the door at 6:20am. SOO EARLY. One of our neighbors wasn’t too pleased to wake up to […]
It wasn’t the first time I had been to Mexico with Hero Holiday. I had gone the year before but along with people from my school. This year I came alone and as an intern. Of course there were some familiar faces but I knew this year would be different than the […]
...continue readingFirst Impressions of Mexico
Published by September 7th, 2010 in School of Leadership and Uncategorized. Closed“I can’t believe I get to live here” - is all I’ve been thinking as we’ve been exploring the cities and sights around us here in Mexico this week. But even walking outside of our gates to our house, the poverty is undeniably evident here, and one begins to wonder if Mexicans have the same […]
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Published by September 2nd, 2010 in School of Leadership and Other Sites. ClosedAbsolute would like to welcome our School of Leadership students to Hamilton! This school year holds a lot of adventure as they take their turn spending one semester touring with our Think Day presentation delivering a strong and valuable message of self-worth and purpose to high school students all over Canada. The rest of their […]
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