http://absolute.org Empowering Emerging Generations - Motivational Presentations and Humanitarian Relief Trips Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:08:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yep, it's true. This is probably the last time you will hear from Absolute. But it's not because we are falling off the map - it's because we have an exciting announcement about what we have been up to! Click here to view the video in youtube Don't worry, If you are ... http://absolute.org/blog/2011/12/01/the-last-message/ Yep, it's true. This is probably the last time you will hear from Absolute. But it's not because we are falling off the map - it's because we have an exciting announcement about what we have been up to! Click here to view the video in youtube http://absolute.org/blog/2011/12/01/this-is-your-last-message-from-absolute-ever/ Today is September 2th and normally around this time I would be counting down the days until school starts again. I would probably be stressing about getting my parking pass and buying all my textbooks which we all know is extremely enjoyable! But instead I am sitting ... http://absolute.org/blog/2011/09/02/full-of-anticipation/ Today was our 2nd medical clinic and as far as we were concerned it was a great day! We started our day off at the registration table which was perfect for use since we got to meet all of the patients. It was an eye opening experience all around, but ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2011/08/29/dominican-medical-trip-second-medical-clinic/ We woke up this morning a tad anxious but full of excitement about our first clinic of the trip. Knowing that we only had a certain amount of time to be able to run our first clinic, we left the resort with determination so we could be back with ample ... http://absolute.org/blog/2011/08/25/dominican-medical-trip-first-medical-clinic/ Today was very gut wrenching! (to say the least). As some of you may know, Hurricane Irene hit the coast of the Dominican Republic last night (August 22nd). While all of our team members stayed safe and sound in the resort, which is a strong cinder block structure built to ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2011/08/23/hero-holiday-medical-team-and-hurricane-irene/ Working in the tomato fields was probably the most emotional and hardest thing that I've done in Mexico this year. It began with the 4:30am alarm going off in the guys room. From the moment we got off the bus I could tell that this was going to be quite ... http://absolute.org/blog/2011/08/17/a-day-in-the-fields/ Today we were so excited to go back to the homes we worked on, as after we leave every day the contractors work on the houses for about 3 more hours and we never know what they will have accomplished in our absence. This was our final day to work ... http://absolute.org/blog/2011/08/15/boston-pizza-final-day-happiness-and-bright-cheerful-paint/ Last nights' debriefing, unbeknownst to us, was an excellent preparation for today's experience at the garbage dump. Talking about the sights, sounds and smells was one thing, but actually experiencing was something else. With anxious anticipation we loaded into the back of our open-aired truck, and bumped over the dirty ... http://absolute.org/blog/2011/08/15/boston-pizza-day-4-making-friends-in-the-garbage-dump/ Our days start at 9am with an open-aired, windblown truck ride to our work site where we’ve spent the last two days. What started as three skeleton buildings are transforming before our eyes into homes for our new friends. Each home is no bigger than 250 sq.ft., but ... http://heroholiday.absolute.org/2011/08/11/boston-pizza-day-3-cinderblocks-gringos-and-kung-fu-panda/