The Blue Hills

I’m just getting back to the hotel after spending the day with NOLS Waddington Range Expedition grad, Drew Pollick. Drew is now the director of the Eagan Center, the new conference center of the Boston-Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America.

Drew invited me out to take a look at their facilities, located in the Blue Hills Reservation, just south of Boston. It is a great location, ten miles from downtown. There are spots where you can look from a beautiful wooded area and see downtown Boston on one side and the ocean on the other. Drew, John Kanengeiter and I have been discussing using the Eagan Center for NOLS Professional Training.

Today, in addition to a facilities tour that included the Quincy Quarry climbing area, Drew and I made visits to human resources directors at State Street Financial and Liberty Mutual insurance. Both visits were great and they offered great insights into how NOLS Pro could work with corporate clients.

Yesterday on the way to Boston I had a chance to drop in and visit former NOLS publications intern Susanna Helms. Susanna is working for the Orion Society which is located in my hometown, Great Barrington, Mass. Susanna is doing great as an editor/writer/webmaster.

Bruce Palmer. NOLS marketing director