http://absolute.org Empowering Emerging Generations - Motivational Presentations and Humanitarian Relief Trips Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:11:05 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So we have been on the road for just about two months, and let me tell you it has been quite the experience. We have had an incredible time so far!  Canada is about a million times more beautiful than I could have ever expected and the funny thing is ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/11/17/blogblogblogblog-blogblog/ Absolute would like to welcome Corporate Saturday to our Think Day tour. They will be joining Team 2 on their tour across Canada. Over the past three years, Corporate Saturday has worked hard to establish themselves in their hometown of Windsor, Ontario, and they are now looking to do the same ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/11/11/welcome-to-corporate-saturday-a-new-band-joining-our-tour/ Fours years ago, Vaden and I were driving down a road that seemed to go nowhere: it was washed out in places, had almost no traffic except for the odd motorbike or donkey, and it had houses lined along the side of it, full of people who shyly waved at ... http://christal.absolute.org/2008/11/06/thinking-of-garcia/ Andie is at university in Ontario this year after spending a year with us in the School of Leadership, 07/08 year. As well as doing the high school tour and the semester in Mexico, Andie has been on 2 Hero Holidays to the Dominican Republic. And I miss ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2008/09/25/through-the-eyes-and-mind-of-andie-bf/ Hey Everyone! We love what we do: we get to travel, see the country, create change and bring hope. We also love to be able to pass on cool info that we think students might benefit from…this is one of those moments: Ashoka’s Youth Venture, recently launched in Canada, is proud to ... http://christal.absolute.org/2008/09/22/great-opportunity/ Well, it was our first week of touring. We had 5 Think Day Presentations at 3 really great schools. For some of us it was our first time speaking and running sound and lights which was quite nerve racking but that is why we had loads of practice time before hand(2 ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/09/17/team-2s-first-week-of-tour/ Our first project to help out in the community was at the Living Rock Youth Centre, just a block away from the Absolute offices.  We went last Thursday for the initial tour and explanation on how the drop in centre began. We also ended up helping out with breakfast and ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/09/12/sols-first-community-project/ Well, yesterday was our first show and I thought it went awesome! Set up went smoothly, we were kind of slow but that will improve:)I felt pretty confident, (well sort of,)I had been going over my story (about my Hero Holiday to Mexico last summer) a lot in the ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/09/10/111/ Hollllla!! So its week two of Absolute and we are having a fabulous time. Things have been very exciting around the office, apartment and the busses : where we will soon call home. Everybody is starting to get adjusted to their new lives and friendships. There are lots of changes ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/09/09/110/ Yo!!!!!! whats up! thanks for taking the time to check out our blog! In case you didn’t already know we are a band from New Zealand called All Left Out and this is our second term touring with Absolute. We are so stoked to be coming to the east side of ... http://students.absolute.org/2008/09/05/a-word-from-all-left-out/