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!
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Announcing our New Western Departure!
Published by October 19th, 2007 in Newsletter, Hero Holiday and Mainpage. ClosedI attended Hero Holiday Week 1 this year in Sosua, Dominican Republic. I have been home for just about a month now. People have been asking me how my trip was and I reply, “Oh it was awesome!” “It was great!” “Lifechanging, for sure, thanks.” But I could never open up about […]
...continue readingIt’s hard to believe this trip is coming to a close. Yesterday was an emotional day with all of our good-byes to the family we worked with for the last week. As I look out the window as we drive, I wonder how one survives this harsh climate day after day, year after year, […]
...continue readingAs promised, here are the photos. I’ll be taking more pictures later today when we do the house dedication. Can you believe the house is finished?!!
...continue readingSorry for the lengthy gap between updates. Our internet at the campground has not been working. Tonight I am sitting in the cutest little cafe. It’s been a busy couple of days. We have done two soccer camps, painted a day care centre and the roof is now up on the house. We are all […]
...continue readingThe first day here in Mexico was an education and orientation day. One of the objectives of this program is to educate our participants on why poverty exists and give them a greater understanding of the challenges that two-thirds of the world faces. Becky did a great job teaching us about the culture, why […]
...continue readingHello everyone! We have arrived at our destination. What a beautiful drive down the Pacific coast through the mountains. We stopped to take some pictures along the way.
Our amazing team!
We are staying at Posada Don Diego campground. “Roughing it” for the […]
...continue readingBy the end of Trip Two…
Published by July 26th, 2007 in Newsletter, Hero Holiday and Mainpage. Closed…this is where we ended up!
School Project #1
The Clinic. Not bad for starting from scratch, I’d say!
The upstairs classrooms. Kind of hard to take pictures that do it justice. There are 4 classrooms under construction here. (more…)
Hola, amigos! Team Three has reached their final destination at Sosua, Dominican Republic. They are all going for a little snooze as it has no doubt been a very long night! When they wake up, all of your messages will be waiting for them on the wall
...continue readingHello everyone! The second team has arrived on Canadian soil safe and sound and happy about flushing toilet paper. (You had to be there:) And…we are saying hello to all our new heroes for the third trip who just got off the bus from the airport. What an emotional roller coaster! Oh my!
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