It was the last day of the final trip of the summer in Dominican Republic. I woke up with great expectations of finishing this trip with excellence and enjoying the community party to the max. However, the sky did not look promising, and I was trying hard not to stress about the what if’s: What […]
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Just another Saturday at the office!
Published by August 23rd, 2008 in Staff Blogs and Hero Holiday. ClosedThis trip with our Hero Holiday nursing and medical students has been non-stop learning, understanding, and memories. Each day I joke with the teams that it is just another day at the office as we march through mud, walk on trails through the jungle to get to the garbage dump, we hand out food to […]
...continue readingI have to be honest: it was a little hard to look her in the eye when she was pouring out her heart to me. I felt weak, helpless, and I felt the sting of injustice in a whole new level; it was as if I was seeing my life for the first time from […]
...continue readingAm I Making a Difference? by Heidi, Summer Intern, Mexico 08
Published by August 4th, 2008 in Hero Holiday and Uncategorized. ClosedAm I making a difference? I am one person of thousands that go to Mexico. There are organizations that stay for years that build houses, schools, clinics, hospitals. They provide education for the young and old. There are numerous organizations that do numerous things, and I am only one person in […]
...continue readingA travel day today. Luggage piled onto the bus and people piled on as well. And south we went. After a twisty Mexican mountain drive and three of our participants seeing the ocean for the first time, we settled into the dorms. Tamales for dinner, one of my personal favorites from […]
...continue readingGood morning Canadian friends and family of the current Hero Holiday group heading to Mexico. Just wanted to let you all know that everyone has arrived safe and sound. Three days of airport pick ups has left me very familiar with the San Diego airport. All of the staff are here, all […]
...continue readingOn a previous blog, you would have seen that we were thrown a loop in our travel plans home from the Dominican Republic this July. Due to our flights being canceled out of JFK on July 27th, Hero Holiday found a more creative and yes, longer way to get all of the participants home safe […]
...continue readingEveryone says to me, “you have the best job ever!” and I can honestly agree with them. I find our trips to be two fold: one, getting to give something to a community in need who may not other wise get it for themselves and two, seeing students lives transformed and eyes opened to […]
...continue readingAdding it up…
The last Hero Holiday of the summer leaves for the Mexico from BC in a bit over 2 weeks. It has been a great summer so far, 3 trips down, 1 to Mexico, 2 to the DR and 3 trips left. Switch that around now, 2 to Mexico and 1 to […]
UPDATE: All our Ontario Arrivals have made it back to Ontario.
Our Western Departure group is staying another night in New York City. We hope these students will not be too upset about their now extended trip that includes a boat tour of Statin Island, the Statue of Liberty, and Ground Zero. They will be in Toronto […]
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