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Many have reached out to ask what our founder & CEO Jean Krisle and her husband Hal Krisle are doing, so here’s a quick overview:
Jean and Hal have been #ontheroad4recovery for 10,000 Beds in their personal RV for nearly half of the past several years. The forty-foot-long 5th wheel was pulled cross-country by Hal’s Ford 350 Diesel covering more than 30,000 miles. Our 2017-18 corporate sponsor, Elevated Billing, sponsored the truck wrap! Jean and Hal paid for the RV and for the RV wrap!
In March 2017, Jean and Hal sold their home in Utah, purchased the RV, and until Covid, were criss-crossing the country for 10,000 Beds: meeting with partners and speaking at industry conferences, schools, service clubs, state and county rallies, churches, meet & greets, and community organizations. The #ontheroad4recovery motto “changing the face of recovery” was a 24/7 effort.
In 2020, Jean launched the On The Air For Recovery podcast as an alternative, online outreach program, in lieu of the face-to-face meetings prohibited by Covid precautions. Jean and Hal will be meeting and greeting again very soon, but sadly not in “Big Blue”; we can’t wait to see them on the road again!
OH THE PLACES WE’VE GONE!
2017
March 2017
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10,000 Beds Founder Jean Krisle, with husband Hal Krisle, sold her home and bought a 40′ 5th wheel! Then they had it logo-wrapped and offered its use for the nonprofit organization, 10,000 Beds, Inc.
April 2017
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Early April: Jean and Hal stored their belongings in 4 pods and sent them off to 1-800-PACKRATS, packed the 5th wheel, then tearfully said goodbye to family and friends before hitting the road for more than a year.
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Mid-April: Southern California and Arizona for meetings, tours, and an event at the Arizona State Capital.
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Late April: Eastward bound, they drove straight across the country to Hilton Head, Florida. It was a long haul!
May 2017
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May 4-15: Hilton Head, SC for Treatment Center Executive & Marketing Retreat
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May 20: Cleveland, OH to support Steps of Change, Summit OhioCAN
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May 25: Dallas, TX for NEST Park Cities/Dallas Networking event
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May 26: Ft. Worth, TX for Stonegate Center-hosted event at the Dean & Deluca Invitational PGA Golf Tournament
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May 27 – 28: Tours of Stonegate Center and Touchstone Ranch Recovery Center
June 2017
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June 5: Salt Lake City, UT for Interview with ABC4, Randall Carlisle (aired 6/5/17)
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June 7: South Jordan, UT for strategy meeting with our partner Elevated Billing Solutions
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June 8: Draper, UT to tour Deer Hollow Recovery
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June 9: American Fork, UT for strategy meeting with our partner Revity Solutions
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June 12: Lake Arrowhead, CA to tour Serenity Lodge
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June 13: San Juan Capistrano, CA to tour Hope by the Sea
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June 13: Pasadena, CA for meetings with Ryan Hamption and Garrett Hade of Facing Addiction and AddictionXAmerica and 10,000 Beds board member Kristina Steele
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June 15: Lake Arrowhead, CA for meeting with 10,000 Beds board members Doreen Rutherford and Terry Patton
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June 17: Back in OHIO! (we love sleeping in our own bed)
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June 19 – 21: Austintown, OH to tour California Palms Addiction Recovery Campus and strategy meeting with Michael Lohan and PJ Schrantz
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June 24: Anderson, IN for the HOPE Concert at Bridges of Hope
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June 29: Chicago, IL for ETHOS Series
July 2017
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July 7 – 8: Lake Worth, FL for The Art of Recovery Film Festival
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July 9 – 11: Orlando, FL for National Speaker’s Association’s Influence 2017
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July 12 – 14: Hollywood, FL for State of Recovery Conference
2017, cont.
August – September 2017
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Jean and Hal will spend most of August and much of September working on fundraising, sponsorships, and partner outreach from their Utah office. Of course, there will be events too!
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August 16-20: Baltimore, MD for National Conference on Addiction Disorders (NCAD)
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August 25: Denver, CO for ETHOS Series
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August 31: Salt Lake City for International Overdose Awareness Day at Utah State Capitol
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Meet & Greets! Utah, Nevada, SoCal
October – November 2017
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Meet & Greets! Utah, Pennsylvania
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October 24: Salt Lake City Roundtable, sponsored by Rivermend Health
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October 26: Philadelphia, PA for ETHOS Series
December 2017
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December 3: Los Angeles, CA for Recovery Reform NOW Event
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December 4 – 6: Scottsdale, AZ for Treatment Center Investment & Valuation Retreat
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December 14: New Orleans, LA for ETHOS Series
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December 19: New Jersey, meeting with families of children lost to overdose
2018
January 2018
Jean and Hal will spend January working from their Utah office
February – March 2018
Meet & Greets! in California, Oregon and Washington.
April, May, June, July, August 2018
Meet & Greets! Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Idaho, Oregon & Washington
Atlanta, GA for National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit
Denver, CO for National Addiction Leadership Conference
Palm Springs, CA for C4s West Coast Symposium on Addictive Disorders
Anaheim, CA for NCAD
September & October 2018
BigBlue will be resting.
November & December 2018
Home for the holidays!
2019
May 2019
Santa Ana, CA for our 2nd Annual CA Gratitude Gala: Celebrating Recovery!
July 2019
Salt Lake City UT! Phoenix AZ! Meetings, rallies and more!
September & October 2019
We are heading to Idaho, Colorado and Arizona!