Donations Update

ROOM DONATION

Rachelyn, Merit, Ally tip bags

Matt, Jamie soccer jerseys

Jeremy, Shoval art supplies

Michaela, Alex B guitar strings

HAVANA - Thank you!

Hola everyone

What a great pre-trip 'meeting' we had last night! Wonderful venue and fantastic food - so tasty and so much of it! Plus, it beats the 7:30am wake up call.

Here's what Trevor, the chef, had to say about you : )

---- Original Message -----

You are very welcome! It was a pleasure serving you. I cannot recall being around a group of high school students that are so courteous and well behaved. Have a safe and happy holiday season and we hope to see you back with us in the new year!! All the best.... Thanks again for your business. -Chef Trevor.

Well done everyone - thank you!

Please book your calendars (and your parents' calendars) for the evening of TUESDAY, JANUARY 5TH at 7:00pm in Mr. Lalonde's room. This is a mandatory meeting for all student travelers and their parents (at least one parent MUST attend this meeting with their son/daughter)

We will be having our final pre-trip meeting this evening to review itinerary, packing details, donations distributions, etc. Mr. Campbell will also be in attendance that evening to review school expectations one final time.

Our journey together since late last spring has been awesome . . .but we've only just begun. Take some time over the break to REST and enjoy the all the comforts of your life here in Richmond, with family and friends. In less than one month, we'll be sharing in what promises to be a phenomenal experience as we all travel to Cuba.

Keep checking this blog for regular updates over the next couple of weeks and as questions arise, please email us using the link provided.

T H A N K Y O U!

Donations Sign Up

Hola

Please sign yourself and your roommates up for donations of your choice. You should connect with everyone in your room first and decide together which items you want to be responsible for gathering over the next couple of weeks. Once you've decided, please 'rsvp' here to this site (just click on the comments link at the bottom of this message) so that we can all see which items have already been spoken for and by which room. This will hopefully prevent a lot of duplication.

Some of the items suggested include socks, towels, underwear, sheets, art paper, glitter glue, glue sticks, self stick foamy paper, soaps, etc.

ROOM SUPPLIES

Rachelyn, Ally, Merit -tip bags (school stuff, etc)

Matt -soccer jerseys

Jeremy and Shoval - art supplies

Cuba You Tube Video

Check out this link to the You Tube video entitled Seeds in the City: The Greening of Havana. This is the 23 minute video we tried to show during our last meeting . . . but we ran out of time. Definitely worth a look

okay . . . i tried to paste the link here but it's not letting me (technology loves me). Just google YouTube and when you get to the homepage, search for the above title. It should be the first clip that appears (if it says 23 minutes long and has 5 red star ratings, you've got the right one).

See you at next week's meeting . . . 7:30am Thursday, December 10th . . . with teacher and parent consent forms signed.

Thanks

THIS WEEK . . .

HOLA!

Salsa dancing and swimming in one week? Yep, we had a lot of things keeping us busy this past week . . . and we'll continue going over all the pre-trip details at this week's meeting. This week's meeting is where we'll be distributing some critical paper work in advance of our trip. Please ensure you are there and on time in order to accomplish everything we need to in the short time we have left. Just a reminder that we will only have one more meeting, December 10th, before we break for Winter Holidays.

See you tomorrow, Wednesday, December 2nd.