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| Kristine
Sandrick EMP-17 and campers and in front of Kristine's
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Since
I haven't any news from you folks, I'll share some of my own.
I moved to New Mexico in April 2004, and love it. The natural
beauty is breathtaking, it's sunny almost 340 days a year
(but not this year, which has been unusually rainy) and when
it does get to 105 degrees, it's "a dry hunnerd and five,"
which makes a difference.
I
met fellow Wildcat Tom Heilpern '60 while
calling the local SCORE office to determine how to price my
marketing service in this market. Tom's been great, keeping
me apprised of the community politics and development activity.
While I'm still working with my Chicago client of more than
10 years, I am moving into consulting practice in southern
New Mexico, and this spring I started working with First New
Mexico Bank.
I
stepped off the marketing consulting track this summer to
take on an entirely different role for Glenwood School for
Boys and Girls, also an early client of mine. I enjoyed marketing
this really great program for kids from disadvantaged homes,
but wanted to do something that would get me closer to the
kids. After a week-long Red Cross training session, I spent
the summer working as camp medic for 135 kids and staff. The
rewards were many, though it was challenging to stay connected
with family, friends and clients via dial-up Internet and
one shared phone line.
In
addition to dishing out meds a few times a day, my favorite
task was cleaning wounds. I removed a few ticks (one on me!),
repaired leech-inflicted holes in toes, doctored some nasty
abrasions and several dozen bee, mosquito and wasp bites (again,
one of my own). In the first session, my duties also included
inspecting cabins each morning after "cabin cleanup,"
and in the second session I traded that for teaching a nature
class. I wonder if I enjoyed it more than the kids.
As
I write this, summer is coming to a close and busy days are
just around the corner. I am grateful to have been in a position
to step off for a few months and reach beyond marketing. It
was almost as challenging for me as was Kalai's game theory
class, but at least we had s'mores.
Please
write and let me know what you're up to with family, work
and other things you might want to share with fellow EMPers.
In the meantime, best wishes to you.
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