Week 2: Hostels are Like Real-World Dorms

A whole lot has happened during our first week of touring the road.

Last week, we went to Temple, Villanova, Penn State Abington, Swarthmore, Holy Family, and Drexel. We flyered (it's road team verbage) all over their campuses, went to some club fairs, kicked some ass, and took some numbers... 200 numbers to be exact. Pretty amazing for our first week, if you ask me.

I can't speak for Mike or Em, but it was definitely overwhelming to just throw myself into the road team lifestyle. I was thrown out of my comfort zone, for sure. But I've always believed that the best way to learn is by overcoming obstacles and by putting yourself outside of your comfort zone. And in just one, short week, I've already learned so much about myself and what I'm capable of accomplishing, so this road tour has already been a positive experience.

Today, we went to Holy Family and spoke to the girl's soccer team, thanks to the efforts of Joanna, a volunteer from one of the August trips this summer. The coach seems like he's trying to find a trip for them to go on together, as a team, so hopefully, we can convince them to come to Honduras and play some futbol with the ninos! We're going back tomorrow because Joanna got us a table in the main dining area, so props to Joanna for setting up so many opportunities for SHH at Holy Family!

Last week we were at the Motel 6, and this week, we're at Chamounix Mansion - a hostel - in Philly. This is my first hostel experience, so I had no idea what to expect... let me just say that the Motel 6 in Maple Shade, NJ was a palace. I miss having a private bathroom and shower, a queen-size bed, and air conditioning. I keep telling myself that this is just dorm living in the real world. It's helping... sort of. In all fairness though, hostel life does have its perks. We have a kitchen, a fridge, free laundry, free WiFi (so clutch), multiple common areas with sofas, and lots of people my age. Mike said you meet the coolest people at hostels. It hasn't happened yet, but I'm hopeful.

Alright, I need to get some shut-eye so I can be at my full recruiting potential tomorrow at Holy Family. Nighty night.

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Day 1: Philadelphia University

The SHH Road Tour has finally begun! The road crew consists of me, Michael Glasner, and Emily Reutinger, and for the next three months, we'll be recruiting our asses off and putting up flyers until our fingers fall off. I'll be blogging about it as often as I can, updating you guys on all the schools we go to, and all the thrilling adventures we'll have on this three-month excursion of recruitment!

The three of us met up yesterday at Mike's house, with the addition of a dengue-infected Shin, to grab some dinner, and then we headed out for Philly. While Mike drove, Em and I cut flyers. It was so exciting.

We roll up to our humble abode - the Motel 6 - around 11:00 PM after our fingers are blistered from cutting thousands of flyers (not an exaggeration), and pass out pretty much immediately. So yesterday wasn't super eventful. Just a lot of car riding.

The first school we'll be recruiting volunteers at is Philadelphia University, woo woo! Their club fair is at 4:00 PM, so we'll be throwing up flyers before then, and working our magic at the fair. Hopefully, it'll be a successful first day of work! Wish us luck!