2007 September archive at Hero Holiday

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Mike Frye, Student Leader Mexico ‘07

Published by Becky September 20th, 2007 in Participant Blogs and Mexico. 2 Comments

To begin with it looks like I am advertising Mike, I am not, although he does enjoy long walks on the beach an the ocassional crazy adventure in other countries. You are free to keep that in mind.
The following is Mike’s story of “What I Did On My Summer Vacation”…
Wow, what a month! […]

Participant Blog: Excerpts From Mark’s Journal…Final Thoughts

Published by absolute September 15th, 2007 in Participant Blogs, Mexico and Hero Stories. 0 Comments

Well I’m writing this on labour day, the last day of summer. Still thinking about them all every single day - Mexicans and Canadians. Every single night I lie in bed at least two hours after I go to bed, thinking. Thinking about what I’ll write to José Enriqué. Thinking about whether or not little […]

Excerpts From Mark’s Journal…Perspectives on Hero Holiday Mexico!

Published by Becky September 15th, 2007 in Participant Blogs, Mexico and Hero Stories. 0 Comments

Day 1
It’s just past nine as I write this, sitting alone in the 2nd floor deck at the Greater Moncton Airport. We should be boarding our flight to Montreal momentarily.
So it begins! Actually, it begins tomorrow with the Montreal- Los Angeles flight, but whatever. I’m doing this to try and help the Mexican family, […]

Thank You

Published by absolute September 12th, 2007 in HH Feedback and QQ. 0 Comments

I just wanted to thank you and let you know that [our daughter] had a great time and learned a lot in Mexico. I was a little worried about it until I was better informed. As it turned out, my worries were unfounded as we got a call when she arrived, chatted online […]

Participant Blog: A Spoonful of Sugar

Published by guest September 7th, 2007 in Participant Blogs and Dominican Republic. 0 Comments

The day we went to the dump opened my eyes a bit more to what some of our world has to go through. They work for less than a dollar a day to support themselves, support their families. They can’t ‘call in sick’ because their lives depend on this little work […]