From time to time the realization of this program hits me out of no where! life can get so busy that some times it passes my mind, and then it comes rushing back and i get crazy excited again. i love it! like some mornings i will wake up are with in a couple minutes i will remember that I’m going to Fiji and while I’m there i get to help people in need and i brightens my whole day no matter how dark it may be. That right there, helping people in need has been my dream for a long time now. My dream is coming true and it feels amazing!!!!!
fundraising! We have totally been submerged in the whole global process! Our whole class is working so hard to get the money needed for Fiji. I am already making new friends and im loving it!
this past weekend i was involved in my first global bottle drive. a bunch of us Fijians came together on Saturday and collected bottles in the brighouse area. we split up into teams and covered a big area. we finished pretty quickly and we got a lot of bottles and cans. my house and back yard is now loaded with recyclables, my mom is not overly happy about it but she is dealing with it because she knows its for a good cause. i have to find a way to get them to the school one morning. we found people were very generous. we even got a larger cash donation! i thought the bottle drive was going to be hard but i think we have a pretty good grip on it. in a few week we are doing another one in sea island. Ive been talking so some of the global students from this year and apparently sea island is a sweet spot! so hopefully we will get a lot of donations from that! i am also going with Hadiyah to collect in the 5 road area on Thursday so i shall let you know how that goes!
i have definitely been out of my comfort zone in the past few weeks. i went to my moms work today to promote the meat sales. when it comes to talking to people i don’t know i get a little uncomfortable. i think this program will help me with this because i have to get out there and spread the word about this amazing program the great experience that comes with it.
well thats all for now, i will keep you posted
Amber Torris
Hello all! I am so excited i get to be a part of colts to Fiji!!! Global Perspectives has been a dream of mine for a while now. The pass week has been a dream come true for me. There are so many thoughts going through my head right now. I know it is going a lot of work but i am totally ready for it! I am so ready to get started on the fundraising. I am also so excited to get close to all my class mates and the teachers involved. I have a couple friends that have gone through this program and i really admire the relationships they have and now i get that for myself!!
today was the beggining of a long road called fundraising. myself and some other students started a bottle drive today. we took it apon ourselves to make flyers to hand out to people. it was alot quicker than we thought. we covered alot of houses in a small amount of time! we will be collecting in a few weeks. tomorrow argenis and i will be venturing out to kitsilano where he works to collect bottles and cans. we will do whatever it takes to beat last years class and set a new high!!! we have a few other fundraisers planned for the next little while. i shall keep in touch! Moce, Ni sa moce!!(btw that means good night/goodbye in fijian)
Amber Torris
