We returned last night from our kick off RainCamp of 2011. Literally took a train to a plane to an automobile to get home….and it was fantastic! Except of course our little delay due to Mr. Obama flying in to Philly real quick.
RainCamp is the best aspect of my job. I was able to hug so many familiar faces and connect with a bunch of new ones. I laughed, cried and left feeling amazing about this Community we work so hard each day to maintain.
The 2 day event was jam packed of exciting information. A ton of new information was taught that had never been presented before. I truly enjoyed the little breakout sessions. Nobody at RainCamp was in it just for themselves. As ActiveRain is known for, the attendees shared their wisdom, goals, mistakes and triumphs with one another. A woman was worried about incorporating her volunteer efforts with her blogging; she didn't want to give off the wrong impression of asking for donations or what not. Our group pushed her to go for it and not be scared of what anyone thinks and just be herself and do her thing. She came up to me later and thanked us for talking about it….she said it was great to have her peers give their honest opinions. Another member got a listing appointment while we were there from her Vertical Marketing efforts. A special member of ours who has been having a tough time with some really big life changing events that happened recently was there. She made me cry. She lost a very dear person to her 3 weeks ago and while at the hospital for 6 weeks prior, she would throw herself into the 'Rain. The comments, emails and phone calls from this AMAZING COMMUNITY helped her out of her dark hours. She found solace from you guys….you made a difference in her life and you may not even know you did it.
Caesars was fun….took about $50 of my hard earned cash but what do you expect from the slots? Shared a fantastic bucket of lobster, crab, mussels, clams and shrimp with some great people too. Our flight didn't leave until after 3pm on Wednesday so the Kellys and I got to go down to the beautiful Atlantic ocean and do a bit of shopping. No tax AC?!?!? If only I had known sooner!! I left with some great treasures including a super cute big black beach hat that will come in handy next week in Mexico. Arrrriiiiibbbbaaaaa!!!
I'd like to thank everyone for taking time out of their busy schedules and attending RainCamp Atlantic City….you all ROCK and I can't wait to see you again!
