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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
2017, cont.
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
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!
November & December 2019
Home for the holidays! See you #ontheroad4recovery in 2020! We will have made some changes and our program will be slightly different, but it’s going to be a lot of fun! Details soon!

