by admin | Sep 28, 2015 | All, Fundraising events, News, Peru 2016, The CAST Initiative
In March 2016, we’ll be returning to Peru with a new team of volunteers to construct Casa Hudson No. 5. This project wouldn’t be possible without a local event that is very dear to our hearts. Every September since 2011, a group of Hudsonites come...
by admin | Mar 14, 2015 | All, Fundraising events, News, Peru 2015, The CAST Initiative
As I sit down to begin our final blog post of this year’s trip to Pucallpa, it’s hard to imagine the perfect closure to such an eventful week. Today, the volunteers visited a local school where some of our students are sponsored, before heading to the work site for...
by admin | Mar 13, 2015 | All, Fundraising events, News, Peru 2015, The Sewing Initiative
On Wednesday, the group took a much needed break from the construction site, travelling 2 hours up the Ucayali River by boat to a Shipibo tribe in Limongema. By then, the volunteers and our local team of construction workers had accomplished an incredible amount on...
by admin | Mar 11, 2015 | All, Fundraising events, News, One School for All, Peru 2015
The last few days have been a wonderful ride- from extreme heat and a blazing sun, to lovely thunderstorms that cooled off our Monday evening. Suddenly, the heat became more gentle and a cool breeze passed by, giving us a momentary pause from the intensity....
by admin | Mar 9, 2015 | All, Fundraising events, H20: Health to Offer, News, Peru 2015, The CAST Initiative
I began the first stretch of my journey, with an oversized piece of luggage, flying Montreal -> Miami -> Lima. 24 hours later I was boarding a plane to Pucallpa, with 18 of our 22 volunteers, after what had felt like a long trek from Montreal. Before I continue,...
by admin | Nov 18, 2014 | All, Fundraising events, News, One School for All
On Thursday November 13th, Pure Art Co-Founders Brigitte & Robert McKinnon travelled to Kingston, Ontario to visit some of our youngest supporters at École Secondaire Marie-Rivier. For the past 5 years, these high school students have been committed to selling the...
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