Empowering Emerging Generations - Motivational Presentations and Humanitarian Relief Trips
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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...continue readingHere’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 […]
Hello Everyone! We have exciting news for a Friday afternoon. It’s official: Hero Holiday Dominican Republic has a new departure location for Summer 2008! Abbotsford, BC. We have had overwhelming participation from our students in Western Canada, despite the long haul it required to get them to Dominican Republic. Yes, sleepy-eyed after hours of travel, they are little troopers! Details…participants can choose an Abbotsford, BC departure rather than Hamilton, ON. The dates for the trips remain the same. We will have our staff ready and waiting whether you show up in Hamilton or Abbotsford. However, since Abbotsford is twice the distance from Sosua as Hamilton, the cost of Hero Holiday is slightly higher at $2595. Leadership Students, you are not forgotten! You also have the option of flying from Abbotsford instead of Hamilton for a cost of $3895. Well, I hope you are as excited as we are!
Here are some upcoming application deadlines that you might want to take note of:
Please visit our trips page more more information, or visit our applications page to apply
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...)
Have you ever had one person who impacted your life in such a way that just thinking of them brings tears to your eyes? Have you ever missed someone so much that looking at a picture makes your heart break? I have, and she is a six-year old girl named Anna*.
Anna and I […]
Wednesday, October 16th
12pm-4pm
UBCO Courtyard
Come on down and talk to Chris, check out what he is doing with his ride from BC to Mexico and get the chance to donate to community development projects.
Also..bonus…it’s great to be outside in the fall and there will be a band and a graffiti artist.
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 […]
...continue readingAlright 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, […]
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!
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.
The dog however has more interested in looking cool and eating boogers.
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.
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