11 PM - Christal Earle’s Blog

Hello everyone!

All summer, in the communities that we have been working in with Hero Holiday, we would throw a big community party at the end of the trip… We had so much fun doing it in other countries, that we thought we would do it one last time in Canada!

Absolute would like to invite YOU to come and party with us one last time before we say good-bye to summer!

We are having an end-of-summer BBQ at our Absolute Main Office in Hamilton, on Friday, August 31, 2007 at 6:00 PM…

Please come and be our guest and enjoy catching up with old and new friends! There will be many of us there who have been on different Hero Holidays, are friends of Absolute, or are just wanting to hang out. We will have great food and great company!

If you are planning on coming, please email christal@absolute.org with your name and how many guests you will be bringing with you.

Hope to see you there!

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I had only heard her cry once, and had never seen her give any response to anyone. My friends, Phil and Donna, had found her in a house where she had been left alone for up to 8 hours a day because her mother had abandoned her and her father was in another part of the country working. He had people watching her, but he was no where to be found.
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