Hello friends of One in Four!
It's been a long time since we've posted a blog entry, but we hope that you'll forgive us: we've been very busy tackling a very busy fall schedule, and we've wanted to make sure that we can offer the schools we visit as much energy as they need from us. Now that we're a bit more comfortable with life on the road, though, we're going to make an effort to post on this blog much more regularly than we have so far - so be sure to check in often!
The RV Tour just finished up a two day stint at University at Buffalo in New York, and the people at the UB Wellness Center took incredible care of us - they put us up in a hotel and gave us food, as well as official University hats, T-shirts, USB drives, and miniature basketballs and footballs. They even arranged for each of us to receive a short, between-presentations massage from Shelly, the University Wellness Center's resident massage therapist. Also, on our second evening the folks at the Wellness Center treated us to the best pizza and wings you can get in Buffalo, for which Buffalo is well-known for. We certainly didn't argue with this treatment - especially since it came on the heels of days of rough driving from Pennsylvania, out to Tennessee, and then back to New York!
To be fair, though, UB did have us present 5 times a day each day we were there - which we've grown very accustomed to - but the tender love and care UB offered us definitely made our time there very enjoyable.
We also received a lot of gratitude from several people who saw our presentations at UB. The Chief of Police was at our first seminar, and afterward he offered to help us line up a presentation at the convention held for all police trainers within the state of New York. On our second day, after the director of Residence Halls at UB saw one of our presentations, she returned to her office and informed all of her res directors to drop what they were doing and attend the next afternoon session.
It was absolutely humbling to be offered this kind of help from those with the power to make a huge difference at UB. Hearing from them validated the difference that we're making on this journey - and it makes those 5-presentation days (as well as the free food and massages) especially worthwhile.
Right now we're on our way to Dayton, Ohio, and after that we'll be heading to Lewis University in Illinois. We'll be sure to post again soon!
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