My Ten Year Trip by Ron Miller, C-Shift Sanitation Supervisor
Since our eldest daughter,Erin, was receiving her Masters Degree in Public Health from Rutgers University in New Jersey, my wife Linda and I decided that this would be a great opportunity to incorporate a family vacation with the event. Erin had actually graduated early and immediately been hired by Rutgers for a study on teenage to- bacco use, but her husband John and the rest of the family encour- aged her to attend the actual ceremony which was later in the year –
Meghan, Anna, Jane, Erin, Linda, Peter and Ron
especially when we found that she was to receive an additional award. The ceremony was long and quite warm but well worth it. Erin admitted that she was glad to have attended and is already thinking about a PhD. She has her family’s full support! Our kids think we are crazy to drive rather than fly to New Jersey on each trip, but Linda and I have always travelled well together and really enjoy the trip and scenery. Our second daughter, Meghan, chose to fly since she was on a tighter time line as well as being pregnant with her first child (grandchild number five for us). Meghan’s hus- band Jim, our son Ryan, his fiancée Kristen and our granddaughter Charlotte (born about a month before the “Royal” Charlotte, so we like to say that one was named for OUR princess!) were unfortunately unable to make the trip.
John and Erin live in Madison, New Jersey. The Madison/Morristown area is rich with Revolutionary War history. We managed to squeeze in a visit to several historic sites, such as the location of George and Martha Washington’s winter quarters during the war, and a few restored buildings from the era. Madison is only about 45 minutes from New York City so boredom is not an option! Erin, John, Meghan and Linda took Anna and Jane for the day and tea at the American Girls Doll store in New York, while I chose to play Grandpa and stay home with Peter. As with all such trips, ours ended far too soon but was a lot of fun. Our thanks go to Crest Foods and their gener- ous 10-year trip policy. My Ten Year Trip by Val Schick, B-Shift Production John, Erin and Peter
Hello Fellow Workers, First, I’d like to thank the Meiners family for allowing me to take my 10 year anniversary vacation, at the company’s’ expense. My fiancé and I had thrown around some ideas of places to go like New York, New Mexico, or even a train ride through the mountains. Ultimately we decided to go to Kentucky and West Virginia. I like seeing scary
Val Schick
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