Register for Olympia Leadership Camp Here are the dates for the long awaited Olympia Student Leadership Elementary Camps for 2016. Camp #1 Wednesday, May 4 to Friday, May 6th – 2016 -Hosted by Immaculate Conception Camp #2 **DATE CHANGED** Monday, May 9 to Wednesday, May 11 – 2016 -Hosted by Philippines Service Trip Leaders (various high schools) Camp #3... Continue Reading →
On December 29, we visited the St. Martin de Porres Orphanage and got to visit the slums of Tondo. We were shocked by the living conditions for it was drastically different from what we are use to in Toronto. What surprised us most was how welcoming, happy, and positive the people who lived here were.... Continue Reading →
After building in Masagana on January 2nd, we traveled to last year's build site in Tala. It was 1.5 hours away from the hotel. We felt extremely fortunate that Masagana was only 10 min away which drastically cuts down on our daily travel. While in Tala, we showed them last year's Uptown Funk music... Continue Reading →
On December 29th, we visited the St. Martin de Porres Orphanage in Tondo, Philippines. We played with the kids, taught them a dance, and spread some Christmas joy. Read about it or what our video recap below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRRwldUWV_k Here are some other VLOG entries: VLOG #1 - Departure VLOG #2 - Tagaytay Adventures More VLOG... Continue Reading →
On Monday, January 4th, a group of us chose to wake up at 5:30 am to be interviewed for a Philippine morning TV Show called Good Morning Boss. It was a super fun experience. Alexa, Veronica, and Julienne also performed. It was awesome. See footage of our interview We felt very pampered getting our makeup... Continue Reading →
On December 28th, 2016, we travelled to the beautiful region of Tagaytay Philippines. Check out our VLOG Entry #2. It captures scenes that pictures can't. https://youtu.be/6rUMl_-UdM4 See our other VLOG entries: VLOG #1 - Departure VLOG #3 - St. Martin de Porres Orphanage Thanks for following our travels.
The following schools have requested seats at this year's iLITE conference (as of Jan. 8, 2016). Seat confirmation will be emailed on Friday, January 15th. Registration deadline is Tuesday, January 12, 9:00pm. Not signed up yet? REGISTER HERE FATHER JOHN REDMOND TUESDAY, JANUARY 26 # of Seats Christ the King TBD Holy Angels TBD James... Continue Reading →
On January 3rd, 2016, we continued our building in Masagana. Since it was Sunday, we first went to celebrate Sunday Mass together. After lunch we are visited by two special Canadian guests. Senator Tobias Enverga from Ottawa and Neil Reed, the Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines. Read more about their visit We felt honoured... Continue Reading →
On January 2, 2016, we went to our official 2016 buildsite where we will be spending the rest of our days in the Philippines. We put in a lot of heavy lifting today. See Day 8 - (pt.1) for a recap. After building, we visited the 2013 buildsite of AKC. There we will have dinner, play with... Continue Reading →
On January 3rd, 2016, we had two special Canadian guests visit us at the Masagana build site. Tobias Enverga - Senate of Canada Neil Reeder - Canadian Ambassador to the Philippines FAQ: Hurricane Haiyan Canadian Relief Effort It was great to hear that Canada as a nation is doing so much to help the people... Continue Reading →
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