Philadelphia FD ... Chinatown. We love this station! We've been here three out of four times on the road, and they are always gracious and welcoming to us. This was no exception.
They also have some of the best and most plentiful amounts of food made onsite, of nearly any other stop we've made. And they will make sure you eat, too!
The best part about doing return visits, is that you don't have to "sell" the program ... they know about it. We look forward to LOTS of Philly shirts coming in this year.
One of the other great things about visiting Philly, is that they play well with others! We laugh hard here. This is a playful lot.
An interesting first happened here. In all the years of my visiting departments, and asking firefighters to give the very shirt off their back, I have never been personally challenged to do the same. Can't say that anymore. lol
We usually go for the low man on the pole, or the Rookie/Probie, to do the photo op for the "Shirt off your back" shot. This time we had 2 of them. One happened to be a young female, on her first day of duty. She was a great sport, as I held a shirt in front of her for modesty purposes.
Afterwards, she came up to me, PFD shirt in hand, and said "Ma'am here in Philly we say turn about is fairplay." I heard the laughter, and felt all eyes on me for a moment. But, I figured she was right, and if I was going to be able to wear one of our "I got shirt-faced for HeroToHero.US" shirts, I better ponie up. She held a shirt up for me, and I gave took the shirt off my back. (Of course, my good buddy Kathy had her camera snuck in from the wrong side of the shirt. And nooooooo, we don't publish every photo. Kathy will have to walk home next time. Sheesh. lol) So, it has now been done, and I qualify to wear the shirt.
How 'bout you?
Thanks Philly. Y'all ROCK!!!
lj & the road crew
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