Training in Palm Beach!

This past week I stayed on the campus of Palm Beach Atlantic (PBA) while I was doing my training. It's a beautiful place located across the street from a dazzling cove that has manatees and sharks. I stayed in a dorm with Kati, a PBA senior who is also working with CROS over the summer. She was a wonderful roommate for the week and I'm really excited that I will be living with her again for the last half of my stay in Florida.

The training I attended was necessary, but rather boring.  Most of the training time was spent at a church in Palm Beach (the same church I will work at during the second half of my summer).  Training included taking a course on how to de-escalate a crisis, spending an hour compressing on dummies in order to be CPR certified, looking over reading curriculum that will be used with the kids and learning the overall logistics of running a camp.  Even though training was not entertaining, I do feel prepared for the next eight weeks ahead of me.

The view from the building I stayed in.