Audrey here again for our last blog post of the trip! We had an early start to our morning and woke up around 7am to finish up packing, clean our living space, and say our bittersweet farewells to the Sherman House assistants and core members. We left around 8:15am and stopped for a quick breakfast […]
Hi all, this is Marilee. Luckily, the weather turned back and we got some great sunshine on our last full day in Hamilton. Today we headed to one Indwell location. Indwell is a Hamilton-based charity that supports communities by providing extremely affordable housing solutions, and wraparound services to contribute to tenants’ stability and success. Indwell […]
To start off our beautiful, snowy, Thursday morning, we started by getting ready and heading over to the L’Arche Hamilton Day program. We got a tour of the facility and got a run-down of our day while meeting some of the lovely assistants who are present at the day program! Core members started to arrive, […]
Today we started off our morning at 541 eatery. We grabbed coffees and met with the volunteer coordinator, Cath and learned all about how 541 started and their journey so far. 541 eatery is a pay it forward organization, where money isn’t a barrier in having access to a meal. They have a button system […]
We started day four of our ABST trip to L’Arche Ontario with breakfast at the Sherman house. During this time we discussed a quick question and quote of the day. After breakfast we made our way to the Inclusion Cafe, a community coffeehouse where people with and without intellectual disabilities work together. We learned more […]
On day three of our ABST with L’Arche Ontario we started our day with breakfast and a short group reflection at the Sherman House before driving to Toronto to visit the Sol Express Day Program. We got to meet and play games with some of the members of the program, which focuses on performing arts […]
Sunday February 25th Day 2 of our ABST adventure with L’Arche Ontario! It was Sunday, which was a low-key sort of day. We decided to go to a Protestant church nearby since we had heard that a woman named Mary wanted us to meet her there. We went and attended the service and afterwards looked for Mary. […]
Saturday, February 24th Greetings from Hamilton! We had a sunny departure from Gannon around 11am and a 3 hour car ride filled with lots of laughs, bonding, and positivity. We stopped for a quick lunch at Pita Pit in Niagara. We made it to Sherman House (home base for the week) around 2:30pm, followed by […]
