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I am sixteen-year-old Elyse Holmes.
I attend John F. Ross C.V.I. as a French Immersion grade eleven student. I love learning about our world and the cultures around it, which of course means I love to travel too. I have had the opportunity to see the sites and people of Argentina, Italy, and Iceland. The summer of 2009 marked my first international service project where I visited Costa Rica, doing everything from planting a crop of yucca to teaching teenagers English. I am devoted to helping others at all times. I receive a lot of inspiration from Ryan Hreljac of Ryan’s Well Foundation as he continually shows me what youth are capable of. I am an animal-loving vegetarian and dog owner, and my concern for the environment has earned me the nickname ‘Environmental Elyse’. I enjoy languages, dancing, drawing, cooking, learning, teaching, and singing along to musicals. |
Live Together, Die Alone
Posted by Elyse in Elyse on 08. Jun, 2010 | 3 Comments
Those who know me well know that I love the television show Lost. With its series finale a few weeks back, I was thinking about what Lost really was to me. Lost is a comment about humanity and psychology. It shows people putting their faith to a test in outlandish situations while coping, leading, loving, and developing. (Keep reading…)
40 Cents
Posted by Elyse in Elyse on 18. May, 2010 | 3 Comments
I’ve thought long and hard and I am struggling to think of something I could buy with only forty pennies. Maybe a side of guacamole with nachos, a coat of nail polish, a text message with US roaming charges, a pencil. But essentially, I could not think of something that I absolutely cannot live without that I might buy with forty cents. (Keep reading…)
She’s my Honduras
Posted by Elyse in Elyse, Mentors' Blog on 07. Apr, 2010 | 2 Comments
Elyse attended the Roots of Change event, where Abid Virani read an excerpt from an email that mentor Grace Burke sent to him during the summer of 2008. Elyse reflects on how Grace’s email inspired her that evening and shares her own personal reflection from traveling to the Honduras. Click here to read the blog!
Mittens and Bracelets
Posted by Elyse in Elyse on 02. Mar, 2010 | 4 Comments
When she visited us on our retreat, Dr. Anne Marie Zajdlick mentioned that we need a Bracelet of Hope on the wrist of every Canadian, “just like those red mittens,” as she put it. Frequently selling out, the Vancouver 2010 mittens were the hardest thing to get your hands on (or in) this winter. They [...]
